Wikipedia:User access levels

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A new feature of MediaWiki 1.5 allows user groups to be created which include users at different levels.

Each group can be assigned a mixture of the following rights.

Permission	Description	Access
Permission	Description	All users	Registered¹	Admins	Bureaucrats	Stewards	Individually assigned	Disabled
asksql	Allows user to query the database using SQL							X
block	Allows user to block an IP address, user name, or range of IPs, from editing			X
boardvote	Allows users to check IPs and strike out votes during Board elections						X
bot	Allows user to edit without their edits showing up in recent changes (usually only used for mass edits by bots)						X
checkuser	Allows user to see all IP addresses used by a registered user or to show all edits from a given IP address, including those made by logged in users. See meta:CheckUser for a discussion of this.						X
createaccount	Allows user to create a user account for themselves or another user	X
'Create article'	Allows user to create a new article		X
delete	Allows user to delete a page			X
deletedhistory	Allows user to view the history of a deleted page			X
developer	Deprecated: no longer assigned						X
edit	Allows user to edit any page which is not protected	X
editinterface	Allows user to edit the MediaWiki namespace to affect the interface			X
import	Allows user to import pages from a locally stored XML file			X			X
makebot	Allows user to set bot flags for accounts				X
makesysop	Allows user to give admin/bureaucrat abilities to another				X
move	Allows user to change the title of a page by moving it		X
oversight	Allows user to delete individual revisions of pages						X
patrol	Allows user to state that they have checked an edit that appeared in recent changes							X
protect	Allows user to lock or unlock a page, and edit locked pages			X
read	Allows user to read pages (other than whitelisted pages if that option is on)	X
renameuser	Allows user to change the name of an existing account				X
rollback	Allows user to use a special link to more easily revert a bad edit.			X
siteadmin	Allows user to change settings that affect the whole site							X
undelete	Allows user to view deleted versions, undelete a previously deleted page, or undelete specific revisions of a deleted page			X
unwatchedpages	Allows user to view a list of pages not on anyone's watchlist			X
upload	Allows user to upload an image or other file to the wiki, or to overwrite an existing non-protected file		X
userrights	Allows user to change the access levels of another user (more advanced than 'makesysop')					X

There has been discussion of making some of the abilities available individually, but there has been no consensus to do this as yet.

¹Access to some features for this group are not immediately granted.

See also