Help:Permissions: Difference between revisions

This wiki has different account permissions to assist in it's administration. If a permission does not have usage guidelines, it is either because it is anticipated a small set of users will have it, or because usage does not require rules. Any editor may ask a bureaucrat for any permission. Granting and revoking is at a bureaucrat's discretion.

The only people capable of granting and revoking any permissions listed below are '''bureaucrats'''. Such individuals may grant and revoke at their sole discretion. They can also perform an enhanced version of revision deletion called ''suppression'', which allows hiding deleted information from even administrators, reserved for getting rid of ''personally identifiable'' information.  

This permission is strictly controlled, not due to a lack of trust, but due to a lack of need for many people to have it. A bureaucrat account being compromised could cause substantial damage which may not be reversible, and so limited granting is also in the interest of site security. While anyone is permitted to ask to become a bureaucrat, odds are greater than normal that it'll be denied.  

An '''administrator''' is a functional janitor for the wiki. They are able to block user accounts (which restrict all editing and usage of any advanced permissions), protect pages from editing (and subsequently edit any protected page<ref>Not ''strictly'' true. Certain pages are protected by an [[Special:AbuseFilter|abuse filter]] and interface pages require being an interface administrator to edit.</ref>),  and are able to delete and restore pages and revisions. This makes it considerably easier to control the wiki's organization than a regular user is capable of doing.  

Usage of the page protection and deletion tools are at administrator discretion (with an expectation of working in tandem with fellow administrators and other wiki-enthusiasts). The actual use of the tools are explained at [[mw:Manual:Administrators|Manual:Administrators]] (though note not all permissions the page states administrators have are actually available on this wiki). Administrators should be aware that deletion is not permanent, and accidental or ignorant deletion is not something to fear. All pages can be [[mw:Help:Deletion and undeletion|undeleted]]. To delete specific revisions, see [[mediawikiwiki:Help:RevisionDelete|Help:RevisionDelete]].

Administrators should never block to punish, but as a means of stopping disruption from an account {{Emdash}} usually in response to an account compromise, an account holder being inebriated and editing improperly, the account holder lashing out emotionally, or the account holder acting abusively in response to some kind of falling out {{Emdash}} as but a few examples. Blocking is performed at [[Special:Block]].

An '''interface administrator''' has no correlation with a regular administrator. They are simply editors who can edit pages in the <code>Module:</code> and <code>MediaWiki:</code> [[mw:Help:Namespaces|namespaces]] and import directly from other MediaWiki instances. The <code>Module:</code> namespace contains JavaScript necessary for some templates to function. The <code>MediaWiki:</code> namespace mainly contains text which changes the look and text on the interface itself (e.g [[MediaWiki:Upload-summary]] which displays the warning at the top of [[Special:Upload]]).

An '''edit filter manager''' is able to create and edit abuse filters at [[Special:AbuseFilter]]. They can also view and edit the private filters. The abuse filter is a set of [[wikipedia:Regular expression|regular expression]] patterns that perform defined actions when triggered. This wiki uses a limited number of filters to try and stop particular behaviors which may case harm. Filters are marked private by edit filter managers at their discretion, and it tends to be based on vibes, or whether the ability to see the regex will result in easy bypassing.

An '''account specialist''' is able to create accounts for users and edit accounts so as to assist with account recovery. Account creation is done through [[Special:CreateAccount]] and editing is done through [[Special:EditAccount]]. The latter interface does not permit editing of account permissions, which is reserved to bureaucrats. All permissions available to account specialists are bundled into the bureaucrat permission. This permission is particularly easy to ask for due to it's limited scope.

The act of creating the account is simple. Follow the interface at [[Special:CreateAccount]]. Leave the email and real name fields blank. After the account physically exists, there is one more step which is slightly more complicated, which is giving the account their '''<nowiki>{{</nowiki>[[Template:Account verified|Account verified]]<nowiki>}}</nowiki>''' template. This is a requirement to ensure that there is a clear recorded correlation between a wiki account and a Discord account.

To begin, go to the new account's user page. This is <code>User:</code> followed by the exact name you gave them at [[Special:CreateAccount]], with the first letter capitalized. For example, Sirdog's user page is <code>User:Sirdog</code>. You will be told the page doesn't exist since you just created the account. Create the page.

At the top of the page, copy and paste the following:

After <code>name=</code> but before the pipe (<code>|</code>), just write their common username. If creating an account for Fleff, you'd just write <code>Fleff</code>. After <code>id=</code> but before the curly brackets (<code>}}</code>), you'll give their Discord ID.<ref>Why do we use Discord IDs? Simple. Usernames can be changed. IDs cannot.</ref> To get a Discord ID, you will need to enable developer mode on Discord (Settings > Advanced > Developer mode), right click the account's name on any message they've sent, and click the button <code>Copy User ID</code>. You will paste this after <code>id=</code>. It should just be a long number. For example, Sirdog's Discord ID is <code>281589411962028034</code>.

After you've done this, save the page. You are done. Thank you!