User groups

User groups are groupings which have rights assigned to them. Users can then be promoted to these user groups to allow them to use all the rights within the user group.

This article covers the default user groups on Miraheze wikis and the rights they have assigned to them. Some wikis may choose to add or remove rights from a group or completely delete a user group so this guide may not be indicative or accurate on some wikis which have chosen to deviate from the default user groups and rights. No wiki however can delete a restricted local group or a global group.

Local groups
Local groups are all groups which only have power on one wiki, their local wiki. Unlike global groups which have certain rights on all Miraheze wikis, local groups only have power on one wiki.

Below is a list of all local groups as they are by default and includes restricted user groups which only Stewards and Trust and Safety can assign.

Bureaucrat is the highest local right a user can obtain by default. Bureaucrats have the ability to promote and demote administrators and interface administrators. Additionally, bureaucrats have the ability to not be affected by rate limits, override local account spoofing checks in AntiSpoof and can access ManageWiki.

By default, bureaucrats cannot be demoted by other bureaucrats, only Stewards may do that. Bureaucrats also hold an immense amount of power locally. Only promote trusted users to bureaucrat. If you are a bureaucrat, you can request other bureaucrats be demoted on the Stewards' noticeboard.

The bureaucrat right alone does not give users the ability to do many tasks often associated with being an administrator like banning users and deleting pages. To do all of that, you must also be an administrator.

Administrator (those in the " " group) is the second highest right a user can obtain by default. Administrators have the ability to block users, protect or delete pages, among many other administrative duties.

By default, administrators may only be demoted by bureaucrats and may not demote or promote others to administrator.

Interface administrator (those in the " " group) is a right which allows users to edit the MediaWiki namespace (which contains all system messages) along with sitewide and personal CSS, JavaScript and JSON. Because editing the interface for the entire wiki or for certain users can lead to potential security issues, you should be careful who you give this to! Only give it to trusted users. Administrators can by default also edit the interface so this right doesn't need to be given to administrators for them to be able to edit system messages or sitewide/personal CSS/JS/JSON.

By default, interface administrators may be promoted or demoted by bureaucrats only.

Bot (those in the " " group) is a right which classifies a user as an automated process or bot. These users have their edits hidden in the Recent Changes by default to prevent them from clogging the page (though you can view their recent actions by removing the "Human (not bot)" filter in Special:RecentChanges). In addition to that, they have certain other rights assigned to them to prevent them from getting caught in the CAPTCHAs, prevent them from getting caught in IP-based rate limits, among a few other rights to prevent any interference for legitimate bots.

By default, bots may be promoted or demoted by bureaucrats only.

Rollbacker (those in the " " group) is a right which allows users to quickly revert all the edits made by the last user who edited a certain page. The ability to rollback is already included in the administrator toolset so you do not need to promote administrators to this group for them to be able to rollback edits.

By default, rollbackers may be promoted or demoted by administrators.

Autopatrolled (those in the " " group) is a right which allows users' edits to be automatically 'patrolled' (marked as "reviewed") and prevent them from appearing in the Recent Changes with a red exclamation point. These users can also mark others edits as reviewed. This right is typically granted to users who have shown that they don't need to be monitored.

By default, autopatrolled users may be promoted or demoted by administrators.

(Auto)confirmed
(Auto)confirmed users (those in the " " and "  " group) are users who can bypass certain restrictions set on new accounts such as CAPTCHAs and can edit pages protected against non-(auto)confirmed users. This is done to prevent spam. By default, users are automatically promoted to after their account reaches 4 days of existence and 10 edits have been made. If you don't wish to wait that long, you can forcefully promote a user to to allow them to bypass CAPTCHAs and edit semi-protected pages.

By default, confirmed users may be promoted or demoted by administrators. You cannot (by default) promote or demote users from autoconfirmed.

Confirmed users are granted these rights by default:

In addition to the above, autoconfirmed users are also given these rights:

Member (those in the " " group) is a right given to users on private wikis which allows them to read a wiki. Apart from being able to read the wiki, they hold no other special right.

By default, members may be promoted or demoted by administrators.

User (those in the " " group) is a group that is made up of all registered users, whether they have any advanced rights or not.

No one can revoke the user group from a user. Though they can be banned, they can never lose their group.

(everyone)
(everyone) (those in the " " group) is a group that is composed by all registered and non-registered users. This means that this includes both users and IP editors.

Removing rights from this group is useful to prevent IP editors from doing certain actions. If you remove a right from this group, you should ideally move it to the " " group to allow users to be able to do the action (such as editing).

Restricted local user groups
On all wikis, a few groups exist which are not assignable by bureaucrats. These groups are only assignable by global groups with the userrights/userrights-interwiki right within their toolset as all these user groups wield an immense amount of power locally.

CheckUser is a special right which allows users (called CheckUsers) to check users' IP addresses, user-agents, among a few other things. This right is only used when investigating sockpuppetry and is not assignable by local bureaucrats. CheckUser is, by policy, restricted for use only by Stewards and Trust and Safety.

Interwiki administrator is a local group which allows its users to edit the local interwiki table. Unlike global Interwiki administrators, local Interwiki administrators can only edit their local wiki's interwiki table.

In order to obtain local Interwiki administrator, an election must be held first on the wiki and the candidate must meet eligibility requirements. Refer to the Interwiki administrators page for more information.

Local interwiki administrators may be promoted or demoted by Stewards only, in compliance with the policy.

Oversight is a special right which allows users (called Oversighters) to completely suppress and hide log entries and revisions from local administrators and others are not in the group. It is typically only used to hide personal information and is not assignable by local bureaucrats. Oversight is, by policy, restricted for use only by Stewards and Trust and Safety.

Steward is a special local right which is sometimes granted locally to Stewards. This local right differs from their global rights in that this flag only affects them locally. Stewards typically assign themselves this right to locally merge a user or to edit local permissions while on that wiki instead of using Meta to remotely change permissions.

Global groups
Global groups are user groups which have certain rights across all Miraheze wikis. Their rights cannot be revoked or changed by local bureaucrats and administrators.

Steward (those in the " " global group) are elected community functionaries who "work with communities to address issues facing them locally such as disputes, abusive or disruptive behaviour as well as global issues such as disruptive behaviour across multiple wikis." They have full access to all parts of the MediaWiki interface, including CheckUser and Oversight.

For more information, please check Stewards.

Global Sysops
Global Sysops (those in the " " global group) "are users who assist Stewards in supporting the community and working with communities to address issues facing them locally as well as cleaning up vandalism, preventing it when possible and enforcing Miraheze's global policies."

For more information, please check Global Sysops.

System administrators
System administrators (those in the " " global group) are users who work at Site Reliability Engineering which maintains Miraheze's infrastructure and keeps Miraheze running smoothly. These users have rights assigned to them to ensure they can debug any broken feature or fix anything that is broken.

For more information on the group, please check Tech:SRE Volunteers.

Trust and Safety
Trust and Safety (those in the " " global group) works to resolve issues which affect Miraheze's trust and safety. They work to enforce the Terms of Use and to investigate potential abuse on the platform. These users are granted rights that allow them to investigate fully and redact any personal information.

For more information, please check Trust and Safety.

Interwiki administrators (those in the " " global group) are users who can edit the interwiki table for any wiki across all of Miraheze. Unlike local interwiki administrators who can only edit the interwiki table for their wiki, global interwiki administrators can edit the interwiki table of any wiki upon request.

Interwiki administrators cannot edit the global interwiki table (located at Meta) though, only Meta administrators can.

For more information, please check Interwiki administrators.