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The '''user access level''' of editors affects their abilities to perform specific actions on Masticationpedia. The user access level depends on which rights (also called ''permissions'', ''user groups'', ''bits'', or ''flags'') are assigned to accounts. 

There are two types of access leveling: automatic, and requested. User access levels are determined by whether the user is logged in, the account's age and edits, and what manually assigned rights the account has.

'''Anyone can use the basic functionalities of Masticationpedia even if they are not logged in'''. Unless they are blocked, they may freely edit many pages. Being logged in gives users many advantages, such as having their public IP address hidden (''very important for your privacy'') and the ability to track one's own contributions. Additionally, once user accounts are more than a certain number of days old and have made more than a certain number of edits, they automatically become [[MP:autoconfirmed|autoconfirmed]] or extended confirmed, allowing the direct creation of certain contents, the ability to move pages, to edit semi-protected and extended-protected pages, and upload files. Further access levels need to be assigned manually by a user with the appropriate authority. 

An editor with more experience and in good standing can attempt to become an ''[[MP:administrator|administrator]]'', which provides a large number of advanced permissions. Many other [[Special:ListGroupRights|flags]] for specialized tasks are also available.

== Overview ==

All visitors to the site, including unregistered users, are part of the {{mono|[[#Unregistered users|*]]}} group, and all logged-in registered users are also part of the {{mono|[[#New users|user]]}} group. 

Other flags are only given upon request; some are granted unilaterally if the user demonstrates a need for them (see [[Masticationpedia:Requests for permissions]]). <br>
Others, such as {{mono|[[#Administrator|sysop]]}} and {{mono|[[#Bureaucrat|bureaucrat]]}}, are given only after a decision by [[the Charity]]'s Board of trustees, after signing the [[Masticationpedia:Access to nonpublic information|Masticationpedia's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]].

User groups have one or more rights assigned to them; all members of a particular user group will have access to these rights. The individual rights that are assigned to user groups are listed at [[Special:ListGroupRights]]. Terms like ''rights'', ''permissions'', ''bits'' and ''flags'' can refer to both user groups and the individual rights assigned to them.

Permissions requested at [[Masticationpedia:Requests for permissions|Requests for permissions]] only have local rights on this wiki.

== User groups ==
The system-generated technical permissions are listed at [[Special:ListGroupRights]].

{{Anchors|Unregistered users|Unregistered|*}}

==== Unregistered (IP or not logged in) users ====

Users who are not [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] are identified by their [[wp:IP address|IP address]] rather than a user name, whether or not they have already [[Special:UserLogin/signup|registered an account]]. 

*They may read all Masticationpedia pages (except restricted [[Help:Special page|special pages]]), and edit pages that are not [[Masticationpedia:Protection policy|protected]]. 
*They may create [[Help:Using talk pages|talk pages]] in any talk [[Masticationpedia:Namespace|namespace]] but need to ask for help to create pages in some parts of the wiki. 
*They cannot [[Masticationpedia:Upload|upload]] files or images. 
*They must answer a [[wp:CAPTCHA|captcha]] if they wish to make an edit which involves the addition of [[Masticationpedia:External links|external links]], and click a confirm link to [[Masticationpedia:Purge|purge]] pages. 

Edit screens of unregistered users are headed by a banner that reads:

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==== Registered (new) users ====

Registered users may immediately e-mail other users if they activate an email address in their [[Special:Preferences|user preferences]]. 
*All logged-in users may mark edits as [[Help:Minor edit|minor]]. 
*They may purge pages without a confirmation step, but are still required to answer a [[CAPTCHA]] when adding external links. Edits that they make to a page that is under [[MP:PCPP|pending changes protection]] will be accepted, but will not be immediately visible to non-logged in users until they have been reviewed and approved. 
*They may save [[MP:Books|books]] to their userspace, but not the Books namespace. 
*They may also customize their wiki interface and its options as they wish - either via [[Special:Preferences]], or by adding personal Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) or JavaScript rules to their [[Special:Mypage/common.css|common.css]] or [[Special:Mypage/common.js|common.js]] files.

{{Anchors|Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed|autoconfirmed|confirmed|Confirmed|Confirmed users}}

==== Autoconfirmed and confirmed users ====

Several actions (such as [[MP:Article creation|article creation]]) are restricted to user accounts that are at least 4 days old ''and'' have made at least 10 edits to the encyclopedia. Users who meet these requirements are considered part of the pseudo-group {{mono|autoconfirmed}}. 

The conditions for autoconfirmed status are checked every time a user attempts to perform a restricted action; if they are met, permission is granted automatically by the MediaWiki software. 

Although the precise requirements for autoconfirmed status vary according to circumstances, most Masticationpedia user accounts that are more than four days old ''and'' have made at least 10 edits (including deleted edits) are considered autoconfirmed. However, users with the [[MP:IP block exemption|IP block exemption]] flag and who are editing through the [[Tor (anonymity network)|Tor]] network are subjected to much stricter autoconfirmed thresholds: 90 days and 100 edits.<ref>See wgTorAutoConfirmAge and wgTorAutoConfirmCount in https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/CommonSettings.php.txt</ref> 

*Autoconfirmed or confirmed users can [[MP:Your first article|create articles]] (except for create-protected pages), [[Help:Page move|move pages]] (except for move-protected pages), edit [[MP:Protection policy|semi-protected pages]], and [[MP:Upload|upload files]] (including new versions of existing files, except for upload-protected files). Edits that they make to a page that is under [[MP:Protection_policy#Pending_changes_protection|pending changes protection]] will be accepted and immediately visible to non-logged in users without requiring review or approval. 
Autoconfirmed users are no longer required to enter a [[CAPTCHA]] for most edits, including, but not limited to, adding external links. 
*Autoconfirmed users may email users that have their allow emails from brand-new users checkbox off. 
*They also may save [[WP:Books|books]] to the Books namespace. In addition, the [[MP:Edit filter|Edit filter]] has a number of warning settings that will no longer affect editors who are autoconfirmed.

In some situations, it is necessary for accounts to skip the customary confirmation period and to be confirmed right away. The {{mono|confirmed}} group contains the exact same rights as the {{mono|autoconfirmed}} pseudo-group, but can be granted by administrators and event coordinators as necessary. It is redundant to grant the {{mono|confirmed}} right to an account that is already autoconfirmed since it provides the exact same abilities. To request this permission, see [[MP:Requests for permissions/Confirmed]]. See [[Special:ListUsers/confirmed]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:confirmed}} confirmed users.

See [[Special:ActiveUsers]] for a list of recently active users.

==== <span id="Extendedconfirmed"></span>Extended confirmed users ====

A registered editor becomes {{mono|extendedconfirmed}} automatically when the account is both at least 30 days old ''and'' has made at least 500 edits (including deleted edits).<ref>Their most recent edit must have been made after 5&nbsp;April&nbsp;2016, when [https://en.Masticationpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&offset=20160405231900&type=rights&user=&page=&tagfilter=&subtype=autopromote {{mono|extendedconfirmed}} was implemented].</ref> 

This user access right allows editors to edit and create pages that are under [[MP:Protection policy#Extended confirmed protection|extended confirmed protection]]. 

See [[Special:ListUsers/extendedconfirmed]] for a list of the {{formatnum:{{NUMBERINGROUP:extendedconfirmed|R}}}} extended confirmed users.

=== Administrators and bureaucrats ===
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Administrators and bureaucrats are requested from pages other than [[MP:Requests for permissions]].

==== Administrators ====
{{seealso|MP:Administrators}}
'''Administrators''', also commonly referred to as "'''admins'''" or sometimes "'''[[sysop]]s'''" ('''sys'''tem '''op'''erator'''s'''), are editors who are granted the rights by the Charity. The flagging process involves in-depth and considerable discussion and examination of the candidate's activity and contributions as an editor. 

Administrators have exclusive access to [[MP:Administrators/Tools|a number of tools]] to allow them to carry out certain functions on the wiki. The tools cover processes such as [[MP:Deletion policy|page deletion]], [[MP:Protection policy|page protection]], [[MP:Blocking policy|blocking and unblocking users]], and the ability to edit [[MP:Protection policy#Full protection|fully protected]] pages. 

Administrators also have the ability to grant and remove most access rights to other users (account creator, autopatrolled, confirmed, file mover, edit filter helper, edit filter manager, event coordinator, extended confirmed, IP block exempt, mass message sender, new page reviewer, page mover, pending changes reviewer, rollback, template editor, and AutoWikiBrowser) and to their own [[MP:Sock puppetry#Legitimate uses|alternate accounts]]. 

By convention, administrators also normally take responsibility for judging the outcome of certain discussions requiring these technical controls (such as deletions). Administrators are not granted more editorial control over article content than other editors. They are required to follow all [[WP:PG|policies and guidelines]] and are held to the same level of accountability as non-administrators. 

See [[Special:ListUsers/sysop]] for a full list of the {{formatnum:{{NUMINGROUP:sysop|R}}}} Masticationpedia administrators.

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==== Bureaucrats ====

Bureaucrats are exceptionally trusted editors who have the capability to perform certain actions on other users' accounts. These capabilities are granted by the Charity following a successful [[WP:RfB|Requests for Bureaucratship (RfB)]].

Bureaucrats have access to [[Special:UserRights]], enabling them to add users to the {{mono|bureaucrat}} group (but not remove them),<ref>MediaWiki [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/master/includes/DefaultSettings.php default settings] are that the 'bureaucrats' group has the {{mono|userrights}} flag (giving access to [[Special:UserRights]]) and can add or remove any flags. However this can be modified by [[mw:Manual:$wgAddGroups]] and [[mw:Manual:$wgRemoveGroups]] to restrict adding/removing flags to specified ones</ref>. 

See [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:bureaucrat}} bureaucrats.

=== Flags granted to users giving access to specialized functions ===
Unless otherwise noted, see [[MP:Requests for permissions]] to request other rights. Some of these rights are automatically assigned to administrators.

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==== File mover ====
{{See also|MP:File mover}}
The file mover user right is intended to allow users experienced in working with files to rename them, subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming Masticationpedia articles. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See [[Special:ListUsers/filemover]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:filemover}} file movers.

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==== Page mover ====
{{See also|MP:Page mover}}
The page mover user right ({{mono|extendedmover}} user group) is intended to allow users who have demonstrated a good understanding of the Masticationpedia page naming system to rename pages and subpages without leaving redirects, subject to policy. 

They are also able to create and edit [[WP:editnotice|editnotices]] as well as move categories. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See [[Special:ListUsers/extendedmover]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:extendedmover}} page movers.

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==== Account creator ====
{{See also|MP:Account creator}}
The account creator user right ({{mono|accountcreator}} user group) is intended for users involved in the [[MP:Request an account|request an account process]] (ACC), and so have signed the [[MP:Access to nonpublic information|Wikimedia Foundation's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]]. They are not affected by the 6 account creation limit per day per IP, and can create accounts for other users without restriction. Users in this group can also override the anti-spoof checks on account creation. Additionally, account creators are able to create accounts with names that are otherwise blocked by the [[MediaWiki:Titleblacklist|title blacklist]]. This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bureaucrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Account_creators|title=Project:Account creators|accessdate=2015-02-01|autore=[[MediaWikiWiki:Project:About|MediaWikiWiki]]|quote= [[mw:Manual:DefaultSettings.php|DefaultSettings.php]] grants the <code>noratelimit</code> [[mw:Manual:User rights|user right]] to [[Project:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] and [[Project:Administrators|sysops]].|date=2015}}</ref>

See [[Special:ListUsers/accountcreator]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:accountcreator}} account creators.

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==== IP block exemption ====
{{see also|MP:IP block exemption}}
Users who are given the ipblock-exempt flag ({{mono|ipblock-exempt}} user group) are not affected by [[WP:AUTOBLOCK|autoblocks]], blocks of IP addresses and ranges that are made with the "Prevent logged-in users from editing" option enabled,<ref>This flag only grants the exempted user to ''edit'' behind the IP address. IP block exempt users are not able to create accounts while behind an IP address that is also blocked with the "Prevent account creation" option enabled.</ref> and by [[Tor (anonymity network)#Tor exit node block|Tor blocks]].

The flag is intended for trusted users in good standing who are unfortunately affected by such blocks. Requests for this permission may be included with your [[MP:Appealing a block|unblock request]]. If you are affected by an IP address range block, you must send your unblock request using the [[MP:Unblock Ticket Request System|Unblock Ticket Request System]]. If you are trying to edit through a blocked anonymous proxy or a VPN service, you must instead send your request to {{nospam|checkuser-en-wp|Masticationpedia.org}}, or contact a [[#CheckUser|CheckUser]] directly.

This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bots.<ref>Administrators and bots are not affected by autoblocks and hard IP address blocks. However, the ipblock-exempt flag ''must'' be added to the administrator or bot account as a separate user right to allow them to edit from IP addresses affected by Tor blocks.</ref> If known, an administrator is also free to grant the right to affected good-faith editors without waiting for an unblock request.

See [[Special:ListUsers/ipblock-exempt]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:ipblock-exempt}} affected users.

====Interface administrators====
{{see also|MP:Interface administrators}}
Users who are given the interface administrator flag ({{mono|interface-admin}} user group) have the ability to edit site-wide CSS, JavaScript and JSON pages (pages such as [[MediaWiki:Common.js]] or [[MediaWiki:Vector.css]], or the gadget pages listed on [[Special:Gadgets]]), CSS/JS/JSON pages in another user's userspace, and pages in the Mediawiki namespace. Interface administrator access, along with access to another group that has <code>undelete</code> access is required to view deleted versions of pages only editable by this group. Because it provides the potential to send malicious CSS/JS/JSON code to execute in other users' browsers, this right may only be granted to existing administrators, with two-factor authentication enabled on their accounts. These capabilities can be granted following a successful request at [[MP:Bureaucrats' noticeboard]].

See [[Special:ListUsers/interface-admin]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:interface-admin}} interface administrators.

=== Functionary user levels ===
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{{seealso|MP:Functionaries}}

==== CheckUser ====
{{seealso|MP:CheckUser|meta:CheckUser policy}}
Users who are given the CheckUser flag ({{mono|checkuser}} user group) have access to [[Special:CheckUser]], a function page that allows them to view a list of all IP addresses used by a user account to edit the Masticationpedia, an extended list of ''all edits'' made from an IP (which includes edits that were made by any user accounts while using the specific IP), or a list of all user accounts that have used a given IP address. 

They also have access to the [[Special:CheckUserLog|Checkuser log]], which logs each time a Checkuser uses their tools to view any of the information listed. 

This user right is only granted to ''exceedingly few users'' and after a high level of scrutiny and review by the Charity. Users must also be at least 18 years old and have signed the [[MP:Access to nonpublic information|Charity's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]]. As CheckUsers have access to deleted revisions, they are also required to be sysops, first.

See [[Special:ListUsers/checkuser]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:checkuser}} CheckUsers.

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==== Oversight ====
{{seealso|MP:Oversight|meta:Oversight policy}}
Users who are given the oversight flag ({{mono|oversight}} user group) have access to additional functions on the page deletion, revision deletion, and block function pages through which they can hide logs or revisions of pages (partially or entirely) from any form of usual access by all other users, including [[MP:ADMIN|administrators]]. 

They also have access to the [[Special:Log/suppress|suppression log]], where they can view actions made by other oversighters, as well as the content of the hidden revisions.

This user right is only granted to ''exceedingly few users'' and after a high level of scrutiny and review by the Charity. 

Users must also be at least 18 years old and have signed the [[MP:Access to nonpublic information|Charity's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]]. 

See [[Special:ListUsers/oversight]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:oversight}} Oversighters.

=== Other flagged accounts ===
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==== Bots ====
{{seealso|MP:Bot policy}}
Accounts used by approved [[WP:BOT|bots]] to make pre-approved edits can be flagged as such. Bot accounts are automated or semi-automated, the nature of their edits is well defined, and they will be quickly blocked if their actions vary from their given tasks, so they require less scrutiny than human edits.

For this reason, contributions from accounts with the bot flag ({{mono|[[MP:Bots|bot]]}} user group) are not displayed in [[MP:Recent Changes|recent changes]] or [[Help:Watching pages|watchlists]] to users who have opted to hide bot edits. Minor edits made by bot accounts to user talk pages do not trigger the [[Help:Using talk pages#You have new messages|"you have new messages"]] banner. Bot accounts can query the [http://en.Masticationpedia.org/w/api.php API] in batches of 5,000 rather than 500.

See [[Special:ListUsers/bot]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:bot}} bots.

== Blocked users ==
{{see|MP:Blocking policy}}

Any user account can be blocked, regardless of which user group(s) it belongs to. During the duration of the block, the blocking flag disables the user or IP's existing editing privileges depending on which [[MP:OPTIONS|block options]] are set by the administrator. A [[MP:Partial blocks|partial block]] still allows some parts of the wiki to be edited.

Blocked users are listed on [[Special:BlockList]].

=== Indefinitely blocked users ===
In general, rights of editors blocked indefinitely should be left as is. Rights specifically related to the reason for blocking may be removed at the discretion of the blocking or unblocking administrators. This also applies to the user rights of site banned editors.

== Table ==
* Generally, bureaucrats are also administrators, and so have all the permissions of the {{mono|sysop}} user group in addition to those rights from the {{mono|bureaucrat}} group. However, this is not a requirement of the [[:mw:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] software nor is it a formal requirement of the [[MP:Requests for adminship#About RfB|Requests for Bureaucratship]] process; it is technically possible for a user to be a bureaucrat without also being an admin.
* Deprecated permissions are either no longer assigned to any group or the group to which they are assigned is no longer populated.
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* The userright ''proxyunbannable'' is assigned to administrators but has no effect since WMF wikis use [[mw:Extension:TorBlock]] instead of the default MediaWiki proxy blocker. Administrators are not exempt from tor blocks, only users in the IP block exemptions usergroup are, due to the ''torunblocked'' userright.
* IPs and new users are limited to 8 edits per minute. Autoconfirmed or confirmed users who are in no usergroup with the ''noratelimit'' userright are limited to 8 moves per minute. Rollbackers in the same situation are limited to 100 rollbacks per minute.<ref>The API query https://wiki.masticationpedia.org/api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=ratelimits|groups can be used to check those values.</ref> Account creations are subject to an IP based limit, [[mw:Manual:$wgAccountCreationThrottle|set at 6]] for our wikis, but users with ''noratelimit'' are unaffected.

== User access level changes ==
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== Former levels ==
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* ''Course coordinator, instructor, online and campus volunteer''
*: Enabled users to manage course pages in the "Education Program:" namespace, which was [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/January_2018/Education_Extension_scheduled_shutdown shutdown in June 2018]
* ''Afttest and Afttest-hide''
*: Only granted by WMF staff, these enabled users to delete and/or hide [[WP:AFT5|article feedback]]. Removed in March 2014 after a one-year run.
* ''EP staff, administrator, campus-ambassador, online-ambassador, and instructor''
*: Used by users to coordinate and work with students, instructors, and institutions as part of the [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About education program]. Deprecated since 2013.

== See also ==

* [[mw:Manual:User rights|Manual:User rights]] on [[MediaWiki]]
* [[Special:ListGroupRights]]
* [[Special:UserRights|See what usergroup a user is in]]
* [[MP:Editorial oversight and control]] (explains the access structure from the perspective of quality control on Masticationpedia)
* [http://wiki.masticationpedia.org/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=usergroups Masticationpedia User permissions API]

== Notes ==
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