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"'''Assigning permissions'''" means granting users extra rights within the wiki software (or revoking these rights). This is done by going to the [[Special:UserRights]] page, and adding users into a "group" which has specific rights. The first thing to note however, is that this action requires special permissions itself!

{{Admin tip|tip=See {{mediawiki|Manual:User rights}} and {{mediawiki|Manual:User rights management}} for information on fine grained permissions tweaks, and how to define new groups, or adjust existing groups to give different rights.

Note that this help page describes the '''default''' MediaWiki configuration, but every aspect of permissions is highly customisable with server config settings. You may wish to rewrite this help page to reflect your wiki configuration}}

== Bureaucrats ==

By default, you will need to be a 'Bureaucrat' (in the 'Bureaucrat' group) before you can access the [[Special:UserRights]] page. Other users can always contact one of the bureaucrats to request a change of permissions. Find out who these people are at [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat]]. In a small wiki there might typically be only one such user or maybe two.

== Promoting users to Sysops and Bureaucrats ==

The [[Special:UserRights]] page allows you (if you have access) to set which groups a user is in. A common task would be to put a user into the 'Sysop' group. This will grant the user various extra rights, such as deleting pages, and blocking users. See [[Help:Sysops and permissions]] for more details.

Obviously giving a user such rights implies that you '''trust''' the user, both in terms of being non-malicious, and also as somebody with sufficient competence in using the wiki software, and in dealing with the wiki community. People hoping to become sysops should read [[Help:Sysops and permissions]]. However it should be noted that actions of a sysop user are (almost) entirely reversible, by other sysop users, and so it can be a good idea to dish out these extra permissions to a number of users in order to
* spread the workload of day-to-day sysop operations such as blocking vandals and deleting pages.
* make things more democratic, and decrease any perception of a single dictator running the community
* allow competent users the power they need to make progress with wiki refactoring.
* reward valued contributors/community members

== Processes ==
If you have many sysops, you may start to need documented processes governing their actions. e.g. when should a page be protected versus leaving it unprotected? You may even reach the point where you need a documented procedure for deciding who gets to be a sysop, and who should have their sysop rights revoked. To manage all of this, you may wish to promote several users into the 'Bureaucrat' group (a smaller number of your most trusted users) to spread the workload managing the promoting/demoting of sysops. On some large wikis, users are voted in by other users before they are granted extra permissions, and sysops have their rights revoked by a committee who investigate accusations of misconduct. Such processes are unlikely to be necessary in anything but the largest of wiki communities.

== Other permissions ==
Beyond promoting/demoting of Sysops and Bureaucrats, you can also allow a user to operate as a 'bot', meaning their edits do not show up on recent changes.

== See also ==
* {{mediawiki|Manual:User_rights_management|Manual:User rights management}}

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Help:Sysops and permissions

Emufarmers — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 01:04:30 GMT

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The way '''permissions''' are set-up on different wikis can vary, but in general...

== Soft security - There ''are'' no permissions ==

Wikis are often set up to be freely and openly editable. This means anyone can edit the pages, often without even registering/logging in. This is only possible because wikis offer a unique kind of "soft security". By making it very simple to monitor edits, and revert changes to retrieve an older version of a page, a wiki doesn't need to be very restrictive at all.

There ''are'' no permissions. Everyone is an administrator. You don't need permission to edit, and you are encouraged to "be bold", go forth and edit!

...at least that is the theory. In practice MediaWiki software does offer many options related to permissions.

== Sysops ==
By default MediaWiki provides extra functionality to a group of trusted users called 'sysops' (or known more generally as 'administrators') Most of the time this should go largely unnoticed by the normal users of a wiki community. Everyone can get involved in editing pages, and even undertaking drastic reorganisation of the wiki. The extra powers of a sysop user are intended for use in settling disputes and preventing repeated vandalism.

=== Who are the sysops? ===
You can find out who the sysops are at [[Special:ListUsers/sysop]]

=== What can a sysop do? ===
There are a number of extra features available to sysops. The key ones are as follows:

;Protecting and unprotecting pages, and editing protected pages
:'Protecting' a page prevents normal users from editing the page at all. There are several reasons why a particular page might be protected. For more information see [[Help:Protected pages]]. For sysop information see [[Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages]]

;Deleting pages, and undeleting.
:A page can be deleted semi-permanently, such that it is no longer available (even in the page histories) for normal users. Normal users do not have this power. See [[Help:Deleting a page]]. For sysop information see [[Help:Sysop deleting and undeleting]].

;Blocking a user or IP address, and unblocking them.
:Users can be blocked from the wiki. This is a useful way of keeping out persistent vandals. Users are identified by their registered user name, or by I.P. address, and can be blocked permanently, or just short length of time to give them a "cooling off" period. See [[Help:Blocking users]]

;Patrolling, and seeing patrolled edits.
:This is a way of coordinating with other sysops, to ensure that every edit of the wiki has been checked over by a trusted user. See [[Help:Patrolled edits]]

== Bureaucrats ==
Another level of permissions within a default MediaWiki set-up, is the 'bureaucrat' group.

The main thing a bureaucrat can do, which 'sysop' cannot, is '''promote users to be sysops''' (and demote sysops to normal users). See [[Help:Assigning permissions]]

== See Also ==

* {{mediawiki|Manual:Administrators}}

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==Reading==
* [[Help:Navigation|Navigation]]
* [[Help:Searching|Searching]]
* [[Help:Tracking changes|Tracking changes]]
* [[Help:Watchlist|Watchlist]]

==Editing==
* [[Help:Editing pages|Editing pages]]
* [[Help:Starting a new page|Starting a new page]]
* [[Help:Formatting|Formatting]]
* [[Help:Links|Links]]
* [[Help:User page|User pages]]
* [[Help:Talk pages|Talk pages]]
* [[Help:Signatures|Signatures]]

===Advanced editing===
* [[Help:Images|Images]]
* [[Help:Tables|Tables]]
* [[Help:Categories|Categories]]
* [[Help:Subpages|Subpages]]
* [[Help:Managing files|Managing files]]
* [[Help:Moving a page|Moving (renaming) a page]]
* [[Help:Redirects|Redirects]]
* [[Help:Deleting a page|Deleting a page]]
* [[Help:Protected pages|Protected pages]]

* [[Help:Templates|Templates]]
* [[Help:Variables|Variables]]
* [[Help:Namespaces|Namespaces]]

* [[Help:Special pages|Special pages]]
* [[Help:External searches|External searches]]

===Personal customization===
* [[Help:Preferences|Preferences]]
* [[Help:Skins|Skins]]

==Wiki administration==

* [[Help:Sysops and permissions|Sysops and permissions]]

The following features require extra permissions that are not normally granted to all wiki users.

* [[Help:Protecting and unprotecting pages|Protecting and unprotecting pages]]
* [[Help:Sysop deleting and undeleting|Sysop deleting and undeleting]]
* [[Help:Patrolled edits|Patrolled edits]]
* [[Help:Blocking users|Blocking users]]
* [[Help:Range blocks|Range IP blocks]]
* [[Help:Assigning permissions|Assigning permissions]]

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