The following is a list of user groups defined on Wikidata, with the rights associated with each. See Wikidata:User access levels for more details about these rights.
| Group | Rights |
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(all)
(*) |
- Change Item terms (labels, descriptions, aliases)
(item-term)
- Change Property terms (labels, descriptions, aliases)
(property-term)
- Create Item redirects
(item-redirect)
- Create discussion pages
(createtalk)
- Create new user accounts
(createaccount)
- Create pages (which are not discussion pages)
(createpage)
- Create short URLs
(urlshortener-create-url)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit title of Structured Discussions topics by other users
(flow-edit-title)
- Edit using the translate interface
(translate)
- Edit your own preferences
(editmyoptions)
- Edit your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) and request password reset emails
(editmyprivateinfo)
- Hide Structured Discussions topics and posts
(flow-hide)
- Mark translation units as no longer outdated
(unfuzzy)
- Merge Items
(item-merge)
- Merge their account
(centralauth-merge)
- Read pages
(read)
- Use the VIPS scaling test interface Special:VipsTest
(vipsscaler-test)
- View abuse filters
(abusefilter-view)
- View the abuse log
(abusefilter-log)
- View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name)
(viewmyprivateinfo)
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Account creators
(accountcreator)
(list of members) |
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
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Autoconfirmed users
(autoconfirmed) |
- Access a basic view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-basic)
- Edit Structured Discussions posts by other users
(flow-edit-post)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users"
(editsemiprotected)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
- Move pages
(move)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Overwrite existing files
(reupload)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again
(transcode-reset)
- Retrieve information about IP addresses attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo)
- Save books as community page
(collectionsaveascommunitypage)
- Save books as user page
(collectionsaveasuserpage)
- Upload files
(upload)
- View information about the current transcode activity
(transcode-status)
- View detailed abuse log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
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Bots
(bot)
(list of members) |
- Be treated as an automated process
(bot)
- Bypass blocked external domains
(abusefilter-bypass-blocked-external-domains)
- Bypass the spam block list
(sboverride)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users"
(editsemiprotected)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
(suppressredirect)
- Not have minor edits to discussion pages trigger the new messages prompt
(nominornewtalk)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- Use higher limits in API queries
(apihighlimits)
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Bureaucrats
(bureaucrat)
(list of members) |
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
- Override the spoofing checks
(override-antispoof)
- View IP addresses used by temporary accounts
(checkuser-temporary-account)
- Add groups: Flooders, Wikidata staff, Account creators, Administrators, Interface administrators, Bureaucrats, Bots, Confirmed users and Translation administrators
- Remove groups: Flooders, Wikidata staff, Administrators, Account creators, Bots, Confirmed users, Interface administrators and Translation administrators
|
CheckUsers
(checkuser)
(list of members) |
- Access a full view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-full)
- Check users' IP addresses and other information
(checkuser)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- View IP addresses used by temporary accounts without needing to check the preference
(checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference)
- View a log of who has accessed IP information
(ipinfo-view-log)
- View logs related to accessing protected variable values
(abusefilter-protected-vars-log)
- View private data in the abuse log
(abusefilter-privatedetails)
- View the AbuseFilter private details access log
(abusefilter-privatedetails-log)
- View the checkuser log
(checkuser-log)
- View the log of access to temporary account IP addresses
(checkuser-temporary-account-log)
|
Temporary account IP viewers
(checkuser-temporary-account-viewer)
(list of members) |
- View IP addresses used by temporary accounts
(checkuser-temporary-account)
|
Confirmed users
(confirmed)
(list of members) |
- Access a basic view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-basic)
- Edit Structured Discussions posts by other users
(flow-edit-post)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users"
(editsemiprotected)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
- Move pages
(move)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Overwrite existing files
(reupload)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again
(transcode-reset)
- Retrieve information about IP addresses attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo)
- Save books as community page
(collectionsaveascommunitypage)
- Save books as user page
(collectionsaveasuserpage)
- Upload files
(upload)
- View information about the current transcode activity
(transcode-status)
- View detailed abuse log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
|
Event organizers
(event-organizer)
(list of members) |
- Email event participants
(campaignevents-email-participants)
- Enable event registrations
(campaignevents-enable-registration)
- Organize events
(campaignevents-organize-events)
|
Flooders
(flood)
(list of members) |
- Be treated as an automated process
(bot)
- Remove group from own account: Flooders
|
Structured Discussions bots
(flow-bot)
(list of members) |
- Create Structured Discussions boards in any location
(flow-create-board)
|
Importers
(import)
(list of members) |
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Import pages from a file upload
(importupload)
- Import pages from other wikis
(import)
|
Interface administrators
(interface-admin)
(list of members) |
- Edit other users' CSS files
(editusercss)
- Edit other users' JSON files
(edituserjson)
- Edit other users' JavaScript files
(edituserjs)
- Edit sitewide CSS
(editsitecss)
- Edit sitewide JSON
(editsitejson)
- Edit sitewide JavaScript
(editsitejs)
- Edit the user interface
(editinterface)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
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IP block exemptions
(ipblock-exempt)
(list of members) |
- Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks
(ipblock-exempt)
- Bypass IP restrictions issued by the StopForumSpam extension
(sfsblock-bypass)
- Bypass automatic blocks of Tor exit nodes
(torunblocked)
|
Users blocked from the IP Information tool
(no-ipinfo)
(list of members) |
- Access a basic view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-basic)
- Access a full view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-full)
- Retrieve information about IP addresses attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo)
- View a log of who has accessed IP information
(ipinfo-view-log)
|
Property creators
(propertycreator)
(list of members) |
- Create Properties
(property-create)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users"
(editsemiprotected)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
- Move pages
(move)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- View detailed abuse log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
|
Rollbackers
(rollbacker)
(list of members) |
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users"
(editsemiprotected)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
- Move pages
(move)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
(suppressredirect)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page
(rollback)
- View detailed abuse log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
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Stewards
(steward)
(list of members) |
- Delete pages with large histories
(bigdelete)
- Edit all user rights
(userrights)
- Forcibly create a local account for a global account
(centralauth-createlocal)
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
|
Oversighters
(suppress)
(list of members) |
- Block or unblock a username, hiding or unhiding it from the public
(hideuser)
- Delete and undelete specific log entries
(deletelogentry)
- Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages
(deleterevision)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Hide entries in the abuse log
(abusefilter-hide-log)
- Suppress Structured Discussions topics and posts
(flow-suppress)
- View IP addresses used by temporary accounts without needing to check the preference
(checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference)
- View hidden abuse log entries
(abusefilter-hidden-log)
- View private logs
(suppressionlog)
- View revisions hidden from any user
(viewsuppressed)
- View, hide and unhide specific revisions of pages from any user
(suppressrevision)
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Administrators
(sysop)
(list of members) |
- Access a full view of the IP information attached to revisions or log entries
(ipinfo-view-full)
- Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Block or unblock a user from sending email
(blockemail)
- Block or unblock other users from editing
(block)
- Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks
(ipblock-exempt)
- Change page language
(pagelang)
- Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages
(protect)
- Create Properties
(property-create)
- Create Structured Discussions boards in any location
(flow-create-board)
- Create and (de)activate tags
(managechangetags)
- Create new user accounts
(createaccount)
- Create or modify abuse filters
(abusefilter-modify)
- Create or modify what external domains are blocked from being linked
(abusefilter-modify-blocked-external-domains)
- Create short URLs
(urlshortener-create-url)
- Delete tags from the database
(deletechangetags)
- Delete Structured Discussions topics and posts
(flow-delete)
- Delete and undelete specific log entries
(deletelogentry)
- Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages
(deleterevision)
- Delete event registrations
(campaignevents-delete-registration)
- Delete pages
(delete)
- Disable global blocks locally
(globalblock-whitelist)
- Edit Structured Discussions posts by other users
(flow-edit-post)
- Edit other users' JSON files
(edituserjson)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only administrators"
(editprotected)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users"
(editsemiprotected)
- Edit sitewide JSON
(editsitejson)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Edit the user interface
(editinterface)
- Edit title of Structured Discussions topics by other users
(flow-edit-title)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Forcibly create a local account for a global account
(centralauth-createlocal)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
- Import pages from other wikis
(import)
- Mark Structured Discussions topics as resolved
(flow-lock)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
- Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits
(markbotedits)
- Mass delete pages
(nuke)
- Merge the history of pages
(mergehistory)
- Modify abuse filters with restricted actions
(abusefilter-modify-restricted)
- Move category pages
(move-categorypages)
- Move files
(movefile)
- Move pages
(move)
- Move pages with their subpages
(move-subpages)
- Move root user pages
(move-rootuserpages)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
- Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
(suppressredirect)
- Override files on the shared media repository locally
(reupload-shared)
- Override the disallowed titles or usernames list
(tboverride)
- Override the spoofing checks
(override-antispoof)
- Overwrite existing files
(reupload)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page
(rollback)
- Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again
(transcode-reset)
- Search deleted pages
(browsearchive)
- Send a message to multiple users at once
(massmessage)
- Undelete a page
(undelete)
- Upload files
(upload)
- Use higher limits in API queries
(apihighlimits)
- View information about the current transcode activity
(transcode-status)
- View IP addresses used by temporary accounts
(checkuser-temporary-account)
- View a list of unwatched pages
(unwatchedpages)
- View abuse filters marked as private
(abusefilter-view-private)
- View and create filters that use protected variables
(abusefilter-access-protected-vars)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text
(deletedhistory)
- View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions
(deletedtext)
- View detailed abuse log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
- View log entries of abuse filters marked as private
(abusefilter-log-private)
- View the disallowed titles list log
(titleblacklistlog)
- Add groups: Rollbackers, Confirmed users, Property creators, Event organizers and IP block exemptions
- Remove groups: Rollbackers, Confirmed users, Property creators, Event organizers and IP block exemptions
- Add groups to own account: Flooders and Translation administrators
- Remove groups from own account: Flooders and Translation administrators
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Translation administrators
(translationadmin)
(list of members) |
- Change page language
(pagelang)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Import offline translations
(translate-import)
- Manage message groups
(translate-manage)
- Mark versions of pages for translation
(pagetranslation)
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Transwiki importers
(transwiki)
(list of members) |
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Import pages from other wikis
(import)
|
Users
(user)
(list of members) |
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Change workflow state of message groups
(translate-groupreview)
- Create discussion pages
(createtalk)
- Create pages (which are not discussion pages)
(createpage)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit your own user CSS files
(editmyusercss)
- Edit your own user JSON files
(editmyuserjson)
- Edit your own user JavaScript files
(editmyuserjs)
- Edit your own watchlist (note that some actions will still add pages even without this right)
(editmywatchlist)
- Manage OAuth grants
(mwoauthmanagemygrants)
- Mark Structured Discussions topics as resolved
(flow-lock)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
- Move category pages
(move-categorypages)
- Move root user pages
(move-rootuserpages)
- Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself
(reupload-own)
- Read pages
(read)
- Review translations
(translate-messagereview)
- Send email to other users
(sendemail)
- View the spam block list log
(spamblacklistlog)
- View your own watchlist
(viewmywatchlist)
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Wikidata staff
(wikidata-staff)
(list of members) |
- Block or unblock a user from sending email
(blockemail)
- Block or unblock other users from editing
(block)
- Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks
(ipblock-exempt)
- Change page language
(pagelang)
- Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages
(protect)
- Create Properties
(property-create)
- Create or modify abuse filters
(abusefilter-modify)
- Delete and undelete specific log entries
(deletelogentry)
- Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages
(deleterevision)
- Delete pages
(delete)
- Disable global blocks locally
(globalblock-whitelist)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only administrators"
(editprotected)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users"
(editsemiprotected)
- Edit sitewide JSON
(editsitejson)
- Edit the user interface
(editinterface)
- Enable two-factor authentication
(oathauth-enable)
- Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled
(autopatrol)
- Import offline translations
(translate-import)
- Import pages from other wikis
(import)
- Manage message groups
(translate-manage)
- Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
- Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits
(markbotedits)
- Mark versions of pages for translation
(pagetranslation)
- Mass delete pages
(nuke)
- Merge the history of pages
(mergehistory)
- Modify abuse filters with restricted actions
(abusefilter-modify-restricted)
- Move pages with their subpages
(move-subpages)
- Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
(autoconfirmed)
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
- Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
(suppressredirect)
- Override the disallowed titles or usernames list
(tboverride)
- Override the spoofing checks
(override-antispoof)
- Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
(skipcaptcha)
- Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page
(rollback)
- Search deleted pages
(browsearchive)
- Send a message to multiple users at once
(massmessage)
- Undelete a page
(undelete)
- Use higher limits in API queries
(apihighlimits)
- View a list of unwatched pages
(unwatchedpages)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text
(deletedhistory)
- View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions
(deletedtext)
- View detailed abuse log entries
(abusefilter-log-detail)
- View the disallowed titles list log
(titleblacklistlog)
- Add group: Wikidata staff
- Remove group: Wikidata staff
- Add group to own account: Interface administrators
- Remove group from own account: Interface administrators
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