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'' see [[Admin Rights on Laptops]] for the network related article
'' see [[Admin Rights on Laptops]] for the network related article


Here is the description of what each user group can/can't do. This 
* manage groups: '''[[Special:Userrights]]'''
info was compiled using the information available at
* See what rights are currently assigned to groups: '''[[Special:ListGroupRights]]'''
*http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:User_rights_management#List_of_Groups
and reading through the documentation for the plugins installed.
 
*'''[[Special:Userrights | user rights management]]'''
 
* '''sysop''' - A user marked as 'sysop' can delete and undelete pages, 
protect and unprotect pages, block and unblock IPs, issue read-only 
SQL queries to the database, and use a shortcut revert-to-previous-
contributor's-revision feature in contribs.
 
* '''restrict/viewrestrict''' - These options don't do much on the current 
system. They are intended to be used with plugins not being used by 
any of your wikis.
 
* '''approved''' - Users approved can move, read, edit, create pages, and 
upload files.
 
* '''bureaucrat''' - This is a user that is allowed to turn other users into 
sysops via the aforementioned Special:Userrights page.
 
* '''bot''' - A registered bot account. Edits by an account with this set 
will not appear by default in Recent Changes, this is intended for 
mass imports of data without flooding human edits from view.
 
 
 


[[category:Wiki Usage]]
[[category:Wiki Usage]]

Revision as of 22:51, 14 May 2017

see Admin Rights on Laptops for the network related article