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This page provides a quick overview of the different types of user rights. A more comprehensive list can be found at [[Special:UserGroupRights]].
This page provides a quick overview of the different types of user rights. A more comprehensive list can be found at [[Special:ListGroupRights]].


'''Basic''':
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*'''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:Users|User]]s''': editors who have an account.
!Group rights!!Description
*'''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed user]]s''': users that have an account "confirmed" to be non-destructive. They are given a few more powers over newly-created accounts.
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'''Staff''':
!colspan="2"|Basic
*'''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:Administrators|Administrator]]s''': users that can delete pages, block users, delete pages, and perform other maintenance operations.
|-
*'''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrat]]s''': users that have administrator powers, plus the ability to change other users' rights.
|[[Project:IP addresses|IP addresses]]||Editors who are [[Special:UserLogin|logged out]].
*'''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:Interface administrators|Interface administrator]]s''': users that can read and write the wiki's database.
|-
*'''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:Suppressors|Suppress]]ors''': users that can hide revisions of pages.
|[[Project:Users|Users]]||Editors who have an account.
*'''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:CheckUser|Check user]]s''': users that can view users' IP addresses.
|-
'''Others''':
|[[Project:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed]]||Users that have an account "confirmed" to be non-destructive.<br>They are given a few more powers over newly-created accounts.
*'''[[Diary of a Wimpy Kid Wiki:Bots|Bot]]s''': user accounts that are not used by humans, but rather, by bots that perform automated tasks. These users have special rights to help with their tasks.
|-
!colspan="2"|Advanced
|-
|[[Project:Administrators|Administrators]]||Users who can delete pages, block users, delete<br>pages, and perform other maintenance operations.
|-
|[[Project:Bureaucrats|Bureaucrats]]||Users who have administrator powers, plus the ability to change other users' rights.
|-
|[[Project:Interface administrators|Interface administrators]]||Users who can edit all JavaScript, CSS, JSON pages,<br>and other pages within the MediaWiki namespace.
|-
|[[Project:Suppressors|Suppressors]]||Users who can expunge page and revision deletion information, even by administrators.
|-
|[[Project:CheckUser|Check users]]||Users who can determine IP addresses used by an account,<br>as well as other technical data about an account or IP address.
|-
!colspan="2"|Others
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|[[Project:Bots|Bots]]||User accounts that are not used by humans, but rather, by bots that perform<br>automated tasks. These users have special rights to help with their tasks.
|}


[[Category:Help]]
[[Category:Help]]

Revision as of 00:08, 28 December 2023

This page provides a quick overview of the different types of user rights. A more comprehensive list can be found at Special:ListGroupRights.

Group rights Description
Basic
IP addresses Editors who are logged out.
Users Editors who have an account.
Autoconfirmed Users that have an account "confirmed" to be non-destructive.
They are given a few more powers over newly-created accounts.
Advanced
Administrators Users who can delete pages, block users, delete
pages, and perform other maintenance operations.
Bureaucrats Users who have administrator powers, plus the ability to change other users' rights.
Interface administrators Users who can edit all JavaScript, CSS, JSON pages,
and other pages within the MediaWiki namespace.
Suppressors Users who can expunge page and revision deletion information, even by administrators.
Check users Users who can determine IP addresses used by an account,
as well as other technical data about an account or IP address.
Others
Bots User accounts that are not used by humans, but rather, by bots that perform
automated tasks. These users have special rights to help with their tasks.