Allows user(s) to…
All[a]
Registered accounts [b]
Bots
Administrators
Bureaucrats
other groups[c]
abusefilter-hidden-log View hidden abuse log entries
OS
abusefilter-hide-log Hide entries in the abuse log
abusefilter-log View the abuse log
Y
abusefilter-log-detail View detailed abuse log entries
Y
Y
Y
GR
abusefilter-log-private View edit filters marked as private
Y
abusefilter-modify Modify abuse filters
EFM
abusefilter-modify-restricted Modify edit filters with restricted actions
Y
abusefilter-privatedetails View private data (IP addresses) in the abuse log
CU
abusefilter-privatedetails-log View the AbuseFilter private details access log
abusefilter-revert Revert all changes by a given abuse filter
Y
abusefilter-view View non-private abuse filters
Y
abusefilter-view-private View edit filters marked as private
CU , EFH , EFM , OS
apihighlimits Request API queries in batches of 5,000, rather than 500
Y
Y
Researchers
applychangetags Apply tags along with one's changes
Y
autoconfirmed Not be affected by IP-based rate limits
Y
Y
Y
PCR , GR IE
autopatrol Automatically mark all edits made by the user as patrolled
Y
AP , GR
autoreview Automatically mark all revisions made by the user as "accepted"
Y
Y
Y
PCR
bigdelete Delete pages with over 5,000 revisions
Stewards
block
Block an IP address, user account, or range of IP addresses, from editing
Y
blockemail Block a user from sending email
Y
bot
Edit without their edits showing up in recent changes
Y
browsearchive Search deleted pages
Y
Researchers
centralauth-merge Merge their account[d]
Y
changetags Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries
Y
Y
EFM
checkuser View all IP addresses used by a user account or show all edits from a given IP address
CU , Ombuds
checkuser-log View the checkuser log
collectionsaveasuserpage Save books as user subpage
Y
Y
createaccount Create a new user account for themselves or another user
Y
Y
ACCP
createpage Create a new page
Y
createpagemainns Create a new mainspace
page (users without this right are redirected to the Article Creation Workflow landing page)
Y
createtalk Create a new talk page
Y
Y
delete Delete a page with ≤ 5,000 revisions
Y
deletechangetags Delete tags from the database
Y
deletedhistory View the history of a deleted page or a user's deleted contributions , provided it is not CSS or JS
Y
Researchers
delete-redirect Delete single revision redirects during page moves
PMR
deletedtext View the text of deleted revisions, provided the page is not CSS or JS
Y
Researchers
deletelogentry Access the RevisionDelete
tool and change the public visibility of log entries
Y
OS
deleterevision Access the RevisionDelete
tool and change the public visibility of edit revisions
Y
Allows user(s) to…
All[a]
Registered accounts [b]
Bots
Administrators
Bureaucrats
other groups[c]
edit Edit any page which is not protected
Y
Y
IE
editcontentmodel Edit the content model of a page
Y
TE , IE
editinterface Edit the MediaWiki namespace
to affect the interface
Y
IA , IE
editmyoptions Edit your own preferences
Y
editmyprivateinfo Edit your own private data (e.g. email address, real name)
Y
editmyusercss Edit your own user .css files
Y
editmyuserjs Edit your own user .js files
Y
editmyuserjson Edit your own user .json files
Y
editmywatchlist Edit your own watchlist
Y
editprotected Edit fully-protected pages
Y
IE
editsemiprotected Edit semi-protected pages
Y
Y
Y
PCR , GR IE
editsitecss Edit sitewide .css files
IA , IE
editsitejs Edit sitewide .js files
editsitejson Edit sitewide .json files
Y
editusercss Edit other users' .css files
IA , IE
edituserjs Edit other users' .js files
edituserjson Edit other users' .json files
Y
IA
extendedconfirmed Edit 30/500
protected pages
Y
Y
globalblock-whitelist Disable global blocks locally
Y
hideuser Block a username, hiding it from the public
OS
import Import pages from other wikis
Y
TWI
importupload Import pages from a locally stored XML file
IMP
ipblock-exempt Be unaffected by blocks applied to the user's IP address or a range (CIDR) containing it
Y
Y
IPBE
managechangetags Create and (de)activate tags
Y
EFM
markbotedits Mark rollback as bot edits, to keep them out of recent changes
Y
GR [e]
massmessage Send a message to multiple users at once
Y
MMS
mergehistory Merge the history of pages
Y
minoredit Make an edit marked as 'minor'
Y
move Change the title of a page by moving it
Y
Y
PMR , GR
move-categorypages Change the title of a category by moving it
Y
Y
PMR
movefile Change the title of a file by moving it
Y
FMV
move-rootuserpages Move root user pages
Y
Y
move-subpages Move pages with their subpages
Y
Y
PMR
movestable Move pages under pending changes
Y
Y
GR
mwoauthmanagemygrants Manage OAuth grants
Y
nominornewtalk Minor edits by this user to user talk pages do not trigger the "you have new messages" banner
Y
noratelimit Not be affected by rate limits
Y
Y
Y
ACCP , EVC , GR [e] Stewards
Allows user(s) to…
All[a]
Registered accounts [b]
Bots
Administrators
Bureaucrats
other groups[c]
nuke Mass delete pages
Y
oathauth-enable Enable two-factor authentication
Y
Y
TWI
override-antispoof Allows the creation of accounts with mixed-script, confusing and similar usernames
Y
Y
ACCP
pagetriage-copyvio Tag pages in the Special:NewPagesFeed as likely copyright violations, through the pagetriage-tagcopyvio API
Copyright violation bots
patrol State that they have checked a page that appeared in Special:Newpages
Y
NPR
protect Change protection levels, edit and move protected pages, and edit cascade-protected pages
Y
IE
purge Purge
a page by adding &action=purge to the URL
Y
read Read pages
Y
Y
renameuser Change the name of an existing account
Global renamers Stewards
reupload Overwrite an existing unprotected file
Y
Y
reupload-own Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself
Y
reupload-shared Override files on the shared media repository locally
Y
review Mark revisions as being "accepted"
Y
PCR
rollback Use a special link to more easily revert a bad edit
Y
RBK , GR [e]
sendemail E-mail a user (using Special:EmailUser /username
Y
skipcaptcha Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA
Y
Y
Y
GR
spamblacklistlog View the spam blacklist log
Y
EFH
stablesettings Configure how the latest accepted revision is selected and displayed
Y
suppressionlog View private logs
OS
suppressredirect Not create a redirect from the old name when moving a page
Y
Y
Y
GR [e] PMR , IE
suppressrevision Access the RevisionDelete
tool and change the public and administrator visibility of edit revisions and logs
OS
tboverride Override the title blacklist
Y
Y
TE , PMR , IE
tboverride-account Override the username blacklist
ACCP
templateeditor Edit pages under template protection
Y
TE , IE
titleblacklistlog View title blacklist log (note: the log is empty, as it has not been enabled)
Y
torunblocked Bypass automatic blocks of Tor exit nodes
IPBE
transcode-reset Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again
Y
Y
transcode-status View information about the current transcode activity
Y
undelete Undelete a previously deleted page or specific revisions from it, view deleted revisions
Y
unwatchedpages View a list of pages which are not on anyone's watchlist
Y
upload Upload a media file
Y
Y
urlshortener-create-url Create short URLs
Y
Y
userrights Edit all user rights
Stewards
viewmyprivateinfo View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name)
Y
viewmywatchlist View your own watchlist
Y
viewsuppressed View revisions hidden from any user
OS
vipsscaler-test Use the VIPS scaling test interface
Y
writeapi Use of the write API
Y
Y
Y
Allows user(s) to…
All[a]
Registered accounts [b]
Bots
Administrators
Bureaucrats
other groups[c] 
