The following is a list of grants with their associated access to user rights. Users can authorize applications to use their account, but with limited permissions based on the grants the user gave to the application. An application acting on behalf of a user cannot actually use rights that the user does not have however.
There may be additional information about individual rights.
| Grant | Rights |
|---|
Basic rights (basic) | - Automatically log in with an external user account
(autocreateaccount)
- Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks
(ipblock-exempt)
- 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 have minor edits to discussion pages trigger the new messages prompt
(nominornewtalk)
- Read pages
(read)
- View a list of unwatched pages
(unwatchedpages)
- View recent changes patrol marks
(patrolmarks)
|
High-volume (bot) access (highvolume) | - Be treated as an automated process
(bot)
- Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits
(markbotedits)
- Not be affected by rate limits
(noratelimit)
- Use higher limits in API queries
(apihighlimits)
|
Import revisions (import) | - Import pages from a file upload
(importupload)
- Import pages from other wikis
(import)
|
Edit existing pages (editpage) | - Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Change page language
(pagelang)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
|
Edit protected pages (editprotected) | - Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only administrators"
(editprotected)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
|
Edit your user CSS/JSON/JavaScript (editmycssjs) | - Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Edit your own user CSS files
(editmyusercss)
- Edit your own user JSON files
(editmyuserjson)
- Edit your own user JavaScript files
(editmyuserjs)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
|
Edit your user preferences and JSON configuration (editmyoptions) | - Edit your own preferences
(editmyoptions)
- Edit your own user JSON files
(editmyuserjson)
|
Edit the MediaWiki namespace and sitewide/user JSON (editinterface) | - Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Edit other users' JSON files
(edituserjson)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit sitewide JSON
(editsitejson)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Edit the user interface
(editinterface)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
|
Edit sitewide and user CSS/JS (editsiteconfig) | - Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Edit other users' CSS files
(editusercss)
- Edit other users' JSON files
(edituserjson)
- Edit other users' JavaScript files
(edituserjs)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit sitewide CSS
(editsitecss)
- Edit sitewide JSON
(editsitejson)
- Edit sitewide JavaScript
(editsitejs)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Edit the user interface
(editinterface)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
|
Create, edit, and move pages (createeditmovepage) | - Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Create discussion pages
(createtalk)
- Create pages (which are not discussion pages)
(createpage)
- Delete single revision redirects
(delete-redirect)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
- Move category pages
(move-categorypages)
- Move pages
(move)
- Move pages with their subpages
(move-subpages)
- Move root user pages
(move-rootuserpages)
- Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
(suppressredirect)
|
Upload new files (uploadfile) | - Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself
(reupload-own)
- Upload files
(upload)
|
Upload, replace, and move files (uploadeditmovefile) | - Move files
(movefile)
- Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages
(suppressredirect)
- Override files on the shared media repository locally
(reupload-shared)
- Overwrite existing files
(reupload)
- Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself
(reupload-own)
- Upload files
(upload)
- Upload files from a URL
(upload_by_url)
|
Patrol changes to pages (patrol) | - Mark others' edits as patrolled
(patrol)
|
Rollback changes to pages (rollback) | - Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page
(rollback)
|
Block and unblock users (blockusers) | - Block or unblock a user from sending email
(blockemail)
- Block or unblock other users from editing
(block)
|
View deleted files and pages (viewdeleted) | - M546x525S2ff00482x483S16d10492x505S2e502519x502 M527x532S1ea40473x511S1f540512x478S22a07497x504S2f700512x468 M531x516S15a37501x485S1f550507x492S20e00487x496S26a02470x489
(browsearchive)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text
(deletedhistory)
- View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions
(deletedtext)
|
View restricted log entries (viewrestrictedlogs) | - M525x524S2ff00482x483S10e00507x494S26500511x474 M528x531S33b00482x483S1f711482x509S20600506x518 M518x536S15a37483x465S18550493x476S15a37483x509S15a51486x513
(suppressionlog)
|
Delete pages, revisions, and log entries (delete) | - Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Delete and undelete specific log entries
(deletelogentry)
- Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages
(deleterevision)
- Delete pages
(delete)
- Delete pages with large histories
(bigdelete)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
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(browsearchive)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
- Undelete a page
(undelete)
- View deleted history entries, without their associated text
(deletedhistory)
- View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions
(deletedtext)
|
Hide users and suppress revisions (oversight) | - View revisions hidden from any user
(viewsuppressed)
- View, hide and unhide specific revisions of pages from any user
(suppressrevision)
|
Protect and unprotect pages (protect) | - Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
(changetags)
- Apply tags along with one's changes
(applychangetags)
- Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages
(protect)
- Edit pages
(edit)
- Edit pages protected as "Allow only administrators"
(editprotected)
- Edit the content model of a page
(editcontentmodel)
- Mark edits as minor
(minoredit)
|
View your watchlist (viewmywatchlist) | - M525x524S2ff00482x483S10e00507x494S26500511x474 M507x523S15a28494x496S26500493x477 M526x524S10e50511x494S26500510x476S10e58475x494S26510477x476 M519x539S14402488x485S1440a481x461S22b04503x509
(viewmywatchlist)
|
Edit your watchlist (editmywatchlist) | - Edit your own watchlist (note that some actions will still add pages even without this right)
(editmywatchlist)
|
Send email to other users (sendemail) | - Send email to other users
(sendemail)
|
Create accounts (createaccount) | - M532x519S20302493x485S2030a489x502S21100509x504S26900516x482S26910468x501 M532x517S15a16505x505S2880f468x484S20e00491x495S1821d503x492 M526x522S15a56499x510S11520503x479S20e00489x496S26a02474x489 M518x517S15a30482x489S1f750484x484S20500496x506S22a04505x495
(createaccount)
|
Access private information (privateinfo) | - M525x524S2ff00482x483S10e00507x494S26500511x474 M507x523S15a28494x496S26500493x477 M528x531S33b00482x483S1f711482x509S20600506x518 M538x522S18517516x486S1851f461x495S2ff00482x483S14c00513x436S14c08461x445S26a00511x469S26a10459x478 S38b00470x493 M536x569S2ff00482x483S10011515x491S27106517x529S19a20488x540 M525x520S16d18475x495S10012488x505S26b00498x481 S38700463x496 M521x541S10010486x511S2ff00482x483S26500507x517 M524x514S11541500x487S1154a477x490 S38b04470x493
(viewmyprivateinfo)
|
Merge page histories (mergehistory) | - Merge the history of pages
(mergehistory)
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