Help:User groups

This wiki has special user groups which will be more familiar than the default user groups because they are similar to the different user groups in use on most forums.

N.B. Patrolling - when an edit is made, it will be marked as 'unpatrolled' (red exclamation mark in recent changes) and until someone who has the ability to 'patrol' can mark it as legitimate.

Group	Privileges	Who can give	Status
Admin	Everything not encompassed by one of the auxiliary roles.	Admins	Active
Moderator	Can do everything an editor can do (see below), and is also able to block users and delete articles.	Admins, moderators	Active
Editor	Can protect and move pages, can re-upload images (overwrite existing ones) and is allowed to patrol. Editors can also suppress redirects when moving pages. Edits made by an editor are automatically 'patrolled' (i.e. are not marked in the recent changes log).	Admins, moderators, bureaucrats.	Active
Email-confirmed user	This is a user who has confirmed their email address, they will be allowed to re-upload images.	Admins, moderators, editors, bureaucrats	Active
User	This is the basic user, they can create and edit pages and upload images.	Admins, moderators, editors, bureaucrats	Active
Bureaucrat	This is the default position which allows users to assign other users any group.	Admins	Inactive Deprecated
Sysop	This is the default version of an admin/moderator.	Admins	Inactive Deprecated
Auxilary roles
Developer	An auxiliary role, which should granted in tandem with another role (such as moderator/admin). It allows users with this role to lock the wiki's database, either for maintenance, or to combat widespread vandalism.	Admins	Active
Arbitrator	An auxiliary role, which should granted in tandem with another role (such as moderator/admin). It allows users with this role to access information such as a User's IP address, and to remove certain page revisions (such as those containing personal information) from the page history. This role is not granted without plenty of thought about the candidates and implies a high level of trust in those who are granted it.	Admins	Active