Setting up a new wiki user: Difference between revisions

From CCMDB Wiki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
TOstryzniuk (talk | contribs)
mNo edit summary
Line 19: Line 19:


# click on '''Special pages''', '''user rights management''' (close to the bottom), or click [[Special:Userrights | here]]
# click on '''Special pages''', '''user rights management''' (close to the bottom), or click [[Special:Userrights | here]]
# enter the user name exactly as just set up
# enter the new user's name exactly as just set up
# click '''edit user groups'''
# click '''edit user groups'''
# select '''Sysops''' and '''approved''' under "available groups" (click on one, then the ctrl-button, and then click the other)
# select '''Sysops''' and '''approved''' under "available groups" (click on one, then the ctrl-button, and then click the other)

Revision as of 16:07, 27 January 2009

Users who are set up as (to be confirmed) Bureaucrats in user rights management can add new users.

  • Currently, Admin account, Trish Ostryzniuk and Tina Tenbergen can add new users.


Adding a new user

  1. in the TOOLBOX menu towards the bottom left side of this screen, click on the Special pages link or click here .
  2. from the list of items on special pages, click on the login/create account link or click here
  3. on this page, click on the create an account or (click here)
    • enter the new username (use lowercase - because the login is case sensitive we have had problems with people getting cases just right)
    • don't enter the password or retype password
    • Enter the real name and email address
  4. click by email

This will send an email to the user that tells them how to login.

Setting Rights for a new user

In order to be able to write to the wiki, a user has to be set up as "Sysop" in user rights management. To do this:

  1. click on Special pages, user rights management (close to the bottom), or click here
  2. enter the new user's name exactly as just set up
  3. click edit user groups
  4. select Sysops and approved under "available groups" (click on one, then the ctrl-button, and then click the other)
  5. click "save user groups"

Deleting a user

Because the account is used to track changes in the history of any article edited by a user, a user can not be deleted. However, a user's rights can be suspended. To suspend rights for a user,

  1. click on Special pages, user rights management (close to the bottom), or click here
  2. enter the user name exactly as just set up
  3. click edit user groups
  4. select any entries on right side under the "Member of" column (click on one, then the ctrl-button, and then click any others)
  5. click "save user groups"