Administrator and SOAP User Group Comparison

SOAP (Spam Obliteration and Prevention) are typically interpreted more or less by users as global administrators, although they do not replace or outrank local administrators. Below is a list of all the usergroup permissions that Administrators have that SOAP do not, and vice versa.

As it turns out, Administrators actually have more separate permissions than SOAP do, aside from the Discussions permissions which were granted to SOAP that were already granted to Registered Users. However SOAP tools are much more effective at combating spam and vandalism, and they have the ability to give themselves Administrator status in certain specific circumstances.

A close inspection reveals that Administrators actually share more of the same tools with Fandom Helpers than they do with SOAP. Another close inspection reveals that there isn't one tool that SOAP have that Helpers do not.

SOAP cannot be blocked like Administrators can. They can manage global blocks and spam filters through the Special:Phalanx extension. And they are immune to global blocks, whereas Administrators are not immune to them.

Administrators — List of Abilities

 * The following abilities are those included with the administrator usergroup
 * Access wiki analytics (analytics)
 * Allows access to wiki admin tools, via Special:AdminDashboard (admindashboard)
 * Allows classifying multiple templates at once (template-bulk-classification)
 * Block a user from sending email (blockemail)
 * Block other users from editing (block)
 * Bypass IP blocks, autoblocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
 * Can remove wall threads (wallremove)
 * Can toggle extensions available in Special:AdminDashboard (wikifeatures)
 * Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
 * Create a theme for your wiki at Special:ThemeDesigner (themedesigner)
 * Create and (de)activate tags (managechangetags)
 * Create and edit interactive maps (editinteractivemap)
 * Create forums (forums:create)
 * Create new user accounts (createaccount)
 * Create wiki-wide announcements (announcements)
 * Delete tags from the database (deletechangetags)
 * Delete all posts by a specific user (posts:deleteall)
 * Delete all system messages (deleteinterfacetrusted)
 * Delete and undelete article comments (articlecomments:delete)
 * Delete and undelete posts (posts:delete)
 * Delete and undelete threads (threads:delete)
 * Delete forums (forums:delete)
 * Delete pages (delete)
 * Delete pages with large histories (bigdelete)
 * Disable comments (disablecomments)
 * Edit blog articles (blog-articles-edit)
 * Edit forums (forums:edit)
 * Edit posts by other users (posts:superedit)
 * Edit protected pages (without cascading protection) (editprotected)
 * Edit restricted form fields (editrestrictedfields)
 * Edit semi-protected pages (editsemiprotected)
 * Edit sitewide CSS (editsitecss)
 * Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
 * Edit sitewide JavaScript (editsitejs)
 * Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
 * Edit the mobile main page (curatedcontent)
 * Edit the user interface (editinterface)
 * Edit threads by other users (threads:superedit)
 * Exempt from sitewide action restrictions (protectsite-exempt)
 * Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
 * Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
 * Import pages from other wikis (import)
 * Lock and unlock posts (posts:lock)
 * Lock and unlock threads (threads:lock)
 * Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
 * Mark reverted edits as bot edits (markbotedits)
 * Mass deletion of pages using DPL (dpl_param_delete_rules)
 * Mass update of pages using DPL (dpl_param_update_rules)
 * Merge the history of pages (mergehistory)
 * Move blog articles (blog-articles-move)
 * Move category pages (move-categorypages)
 * Move files (movefile)
 * Move pages (move)
 * Move pages with their subpages (move-subpages)
 * Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
 * Move threads (threads:move)
 * Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
 * Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
 * Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
 * Override the disallowed title or username list (tboverride)
 * Overwrite existing files (reupload)
 * Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA (skipcaptcha)
 * Protect blog articles (blog-articles-protect)
 * Quickly revert the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
 * Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again (transcode-reset)
 * Search deleted pages (browsearchive)
 * Unblock oneself (unblockself)
 * Undelete a page (undelete)
 * Update the forum display order (forums:displayorder)
 * Upload files (upload)
 * Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
 * Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
 * Use moderator tools in Discussions (moderatorTools:use)
 * User can download database dumps on demand, via Special:Statistics (dumpsondemand)
 * User can request database dumps on demand, via Special:Statistics (dumpsondemandrequest)
 * User is eligible to earn achievement points (Overrides exempt) (achievements-explicit)
 * Validate article comments (articlecomments:validate)
 * Validate posts (posts:validate)
 * View information about the current transcode activity (transcode-status)
 * View a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
 * View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
 * View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
 * View hidden article comments (articlecomments:viewhidden)
 * View hidden forums (forums:viewhidden)
 * View hidden posts (posts:viewhidden)
 * View hidden threads (threads:viewhidden)
 * View the Discussions leaderboard (leaderboard:view)
 * View the disallowed title list log (titleblacklistlog)
 * Add groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Interactive Map Testers, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
 * Remove groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Interactive Map Testers, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
 * Remove group from own account: Administrators

Spam Obliteration and Prevention — List of Abilities

 * The following abilities are those included with the spam obliteration and prevention usergroup
 * Allows access to wiki admin tools, via Special:AdminDashboard (admindashboard)
 * Allows classifying multiple templates at once (template-bulk-classification)
 * Block a user from sending email (blockemail)
 * Block other users from editing (block)
 * Bypass IP blocks, autoblocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
 * Can manage global blocks and spam filters (phalanx)
 * Can remove wall threads (wallremove)
 * Can vote in polls (polls:vote)
 * Cannot be blocked (unblockable)
 * Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
 * Check users' IP addresses and other information (checkuser)
 * Control memcached behaviour via request parameters (mcachepurge)
 * Create discussion pages (createtalk)
 * Create forums (forums:create)
 * Create open graphs (opengraph:create)
 * Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
 * Create posts (posts:create)
 * Create threads (threads:create)
 * Create wiki-wide announcements (announcements)
 * Delete all posts by a specific user (posts:deleteall)
 * Delete and undelete article comments (articlecomments:delete)
 * Delete and undelete posts (posts:delete)
 * Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages (deleterevision)
 * Delete and undelete threads (threads:delete)
 * Delete and undelete threads on one's own wall (wall:edit)
 * Delete forums (forums:delete)
 * Delete many pages on a single wiki, or one page across many wikis (multidelete)
 * Delete pages (delete)
 * Delete pages with large histories (bigdelete)
 * Disable comments (disablecomments)
 * Edit all system messages (editinterfacetrusted)
 * Edit forums (forums:edit)
 * Edit other users' profile data (editprofilev3)
 * Edit posts (posts:edit)
 * Edit posts by other users (posts:superedit)
 * Edit protected pages (without cascading protection) (editprotected)
 * Edit semi-protected pages (editsemiprotected)
 * Edit sitewide CSS (editsitecss)
 * Edit sitewide JavaScript (editsitejs)
 * Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
 * Edit the user interface (editinterface)
 * Edit threads (threads:edit)
 * Edit threads by other users (threads:superedit)
 * Exempt from Phalanx rules (phalanxexempt)
 * Exempt from sitewide action restrictions (protectsite-exempt)
 * Find pages on many wikis (multiwikifinder)
 * Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
 * Limit actions that can be performed for some groups for a limited time (protectsite)
 * Lock and unlock posts (posts:lock)
 * Lock and unlock threads (threads:lock)
 * Look up user preferences (lookupuser)
 * Mark reverted edits as bot edits (markbotedits)
 * Mass delete pages (nuke)
 * Move files (movefile)
 * Move pages (move)
 * Move pages with their subpages (move-subpages)
 * Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
 * Move threads (threads:move)
 * Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
 * Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
 * Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
 * Not have their username show up in block notices (hideblockername)
 * Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
 * Override the disallowed title or username list (tboverride)
 * Overwrite existing files (reupload)
 * Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA (skipcaptcha)
 * Quickly revert and delete spam and vandalism (quicktools)
 * Quickly revert the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
 * Read forums (forums:read)
 * Report posts (posts:report)
 * Suppress and unsuppress article comments (articlecomments:suppress)
 * Suppress and unsuppress posts (posts:suppress)
 * Suppress and unsuppress threads (threads:suppress)
 * Undelete a page (undelete)
 * Update the forum display order (forums:displayorder)
 * Upvote posts (posts:vote)
 * Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
 * Use moderator tools in Discussions (moderatorTools:use)
 * User is ineligible to earn achievement points (achievements-exempt)
 * Validate article comments (articlecomments:validate)
 * Validate posts (posts:validate)
 * View (discussionslog:view)
 * View Special:DiscussionsLog (specialdiscussionslog)
 * View IP actions across all wikis (multilookup)
 * View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
 * View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
 * View hidden article comments (articlecomments:viewhidden)
 * View hidden forums (forums:viewhidden)
 * View hidden posts (posts:viewhidden)
 * View hidden threads (threads:viewhidden)
 * View the Discussions leaderboard (leaderboard:view)
 * View the checkuser log (checkuser-log)
 * View the disallowed title list log (titleblacklistlog)
 * View user edits across all of Fandom (lookupcontribs)
 * Add groups to own account: Rollbackers, Bots and Administrators
 * Remove groups from own account: Rollbackers, Bots, Administrators and Bureaucrats

Tools that are shared between Administrators and Spam Obliteration and Prevention members

 * Allows access to wiki admin tools, via Special:AdminDashboard (admindashboard)
 * Allows classifying multiple templates at once (template-bulk-classification)
 * Block a user from sending email (blockemail)
 * Block other users from editing (block)
 * Bypass IP blocks, autoblocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
 * Can remove wall threads (wallremove)
 * Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
 * Create forums (forums:create)
 * Create wiki-wide announcements (announcements)
 * Delete all posts by a specific user (posts:deleteall)
 * Delete and undelete article comments (articlecomments:delete)
 * Delete and undelete posts (posts:delete)
 * Delete and undelete threads (threads:delete)
 * Delete forums (forums:delete)
 * Delete pages (delete)
 * Delete pages with large histories (bigdelete)
 * Disable comments (disablecomments)
 * Edit forums (forums:edit)
 * Edit posts by other users (posts:superedit)
 * Edit protected pages (without cascading protection) (editprotected)
 * Edit semi-protected pages (editsemiprotected)
 * Edit sitewide CSS (editsitecss)
 * Edit sitewide JavaScript (editsitejs)
 * Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
 * Edit the user interface (editinterface)
 * Edit threads by other users (threads:superedit)
 * Exempt from sitewide action restrictions (protectsite-exempt)
 * Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
 * Lock and unlock posts (posts:lock)
 * Lock and unlock threads (threads:lock)
 * Mark reverted edits as bot edits (markbotedits)
 * Move files (movefile)
 * Move pages (move)
 * Move pages with their subpages (move-subpages)
 * Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
 * Move threads (threads:move)
 * Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
 * Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
 * Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
 * Override the disallowed title or username list (tboverride)
 * Overwrite existing files (reupload)
 * Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA (skipcaptcha)
 * Quickly revert the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
 * Undelete a page (undelete)
 * Update the forum display order (forums:displayorder)
 * Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
 * Use moderator tools in Discussions (moderatorTools:use)
 * Validate article comments (articlecomments:validate)
 * Validate posts (posts:validate)
 * View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
 * View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
 * View hidden article comments (articlecomments:viewhidden)
 * View hidden forums (forums:viewhidden)
 * View hidden posts (posts:viewhidden)
 * View hidden threads (threads:viewhidden)
 * View the Discussions leaderboard (leaderboard:view)
 * View the disallowed title list log (titleblacklistlog)
 * Remove group from own account: Administrators

Tools that the Administrator User Group has that the Spam Obliteration and Prevention User Group does not

 * Access wiki analytics (analytics)
 * Can toggle extensions available in Special:AdminDashboard (wikifeatures)
 * Create a theme for your wiki at Special:ThemeDesigner (themedesigner)
 * Create and (de)activate tags (managechangetags)
 * Create and edit interactive maps (editinteractivemap)
 * Create new user accounts (createaccount)
 * Delete tags from the database (deletechangetags)
 * Delete all system messages (deleteinterfacetrusted)
 * Edit blog articles (blog-articles-edit)
 * Edit restricted form fields (editrestrictedfields)
 * Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
 * Edit the mobile main page (curatedcontent)
 * Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
 * Import pages from other wikis (import)
 * Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
 * Mass deletion of pages using DPL (dpl_param_delete_rules)
 * Mass update of pages using DPL (dpl_param_update_rules)
 * Merge the history of pages (mergehistory)
 * Move blog articles (blog-articles-move)
 * Move category pages (move-categorypages)
 * Protect blog articles (blog-articles-protect)
 * Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again (transcode-reset)
 * Search deleted pages (browsearchive)
 * Unblock oneself (unblockself)
 * Upload files (upload)
 * Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
 * User can download database dumps on demand, via Special:Statistics (dumpsondemand)
 * User can request database dumps on demand, via Special:Statistics (dumpsondemandrequest)
 * User is eligible to earn achievement points (Overrides exempt) (achievements-explicit)
 * View information about the current transcode activity (transcode-status)
 * View a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
 * Add groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Interactive Map Testers, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
 * Remove groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Interactive Map Testers, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants

Tools that the Spam Obliteration and Prevention User Group has that the Administrator User Group does not

 * Can manage global blocks and spam filters (phalanx)
 * Can vote in polls (polls:vote)
 * Cannot be blocked (unblockable)
 * Check users' IP addresses and other information (checkuser)
 * Control memcached behaviour via request parameters (mcachepurge)
 * Create discussion pages (createtalk)
 * Create open graphs (opengraph:create)
 * Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
 * Create posts (posts:create)
 * Create threads (threads:create)
 * Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages (deleterevision)
 * Delete and undelete threads on one's own wall (wall:edit)
 * Delete many pages on a single wiki, or one page across many wikis (multidelete)
 * Edit all system messages (editinterfacetrusted)
 * Edit other users' profile data (editprofilev3)
 * Edit posts (posts:edit)
 * Edit threads (threads:edit)
 * Exempt from Phalanx rules (phalanxexempt)
 * Find pages on many wikis (multiwikifinder)
 * Limit actions that can be performed for some groups for a limited time (protectsite)
 * Look up user preferences (lookupuser)
 * Mass delete pages (nuke)
 * Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
 * Not have their username show up in block notices (hideblockername)
 * Quickly revert and delete spam and vandalism (quicktools)
 * Read forums (forums:read)
 * Report posts (posts:report)
 * Suppress and unsuppress article comments (articlecomments:suppress)
 * Suppress and unsuppress posts (posts:suppress)
 * Suppress and unsuppress threads (threads:suppress)
 * Upvote posts (posts:vote)
 * User is ineligible to earn achievement points (achievements-exempt)
 * View (discussionslog:view)
 * View Special:DiscussionsLog (specialdiscussionslog)
 * View IP actions across all wikis (multilookup)
 * View the checkuser log (checkuser-log)
 * View user edits across all of Fandom (lookupcontribs)
 * Add groups to own account: Rollbackers, Bots and Administrators
 * Remove groups from own account: Rollbackers, Bots and Bureaucrats

Tools that the Administrator and Spam Obliteration and Prevention User Groups have combined

 * Access wiki analytics (analytics)
 * Allows access to wiki admin tools, via Special:AdminDashboard (admindashboard)
 * Allows classifying multiple templates at once (template-bulk-classification)
 * Block a user from sending email (blockemail)
 * Block other users from editing (block)
 * Bypass IP blocks, autoblocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
 * Can manage global blocks and spam filters (phalanx)
 * Can remove wall threads (wallremove)
 * Can toggle extensions available in Special:AdminDashboard (wikifeatures)
 * Can vote in polls (polls:vote)
 * Cannot be blocked (unblockable)
 * Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
 * Check users' IP addresses and other information (checkuser)
 * Control memcached behaviour via request parameters (mcachepurge)
 * Create a theme for your wiki at Special:ThemeDesigner (themedesigner)
 * Create and (de)activate tags (managechangetags)
 * Create and edit interactive maps (editinteractivemap)
 * Create discussion pages (createtalk)
 * Create forums (forums:create)
 * Create new user accounts (createaccount)
 * Create open graphs (opengraph:create)
 * Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
 * Create posts (posts:create)
 * Create threads (threads:create)
 * Create wiki-wide announcements (announcements)
 * Delete tags from the database (deletechangetags)
 * Delete all posts by a specific user (posts:deleteall)
 * Delete all system messages (deleteinterfacetrusted)
 * Delete and undelete article comments (articlecomments:delete)
 * Delete and undelete posts (posts:delete)
 * Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages (deleterevision)
 * Delete and undelete threads (threads:delete)
 * Delete and undelete threads on one's own wall (wall:edit)
 * Delete forums (forums:delete)
 * Delete many pages on a single wiki, or one page across many wikis (multidelete)
 * Delete pages (delete)
 * Delete pages with large histories (bigdelete)
 * Disable comments (disablecomments)
 * Edit all system messages (editinterfacetrusted)
 * Edit blog articles (blog-articles-edit)
 * Edit forums (forums:edit)
 * Edit other users' profile data (editprofilev3)
 * Edit posts (posts:edit)
 * Edit posts by other users (posts:superedit)
 * Edit protected pages (without cascading protection) (editprotected)
 * Edit restricted form fields (editrestrictedfields)
 * Edit semi-protected pages (editsemiprotected)
 * Edit sitewide CSS (editsitecss)
 * Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
 * Edit sitewide JavaScript (editsitejs)
 * Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
 * Edit the mobile main page (curatedcontent)
 * Edit the user interface (editinterface)
 * Edit threads (threads:edit)
 * Edit threads by other users (threads:superedit)
 * Exempt from Phalanx rules (phalanxexempt)
 * Exempt from sitewide action restrictions (protectsite-exempt)
 * Find pages on many wikis (multiwikifinder)
 * Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
 * Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
 * Import pages from other wikis (import)
 * Limit actions that can be performed for some groups for a limited time (protectsite)
 * Lock and unlock posts (posts:lock)
 * Lock and unlock threads (threads:lock)
 * Look up user preferences (lookupuser)
 * Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
 * Mark reverted edits as bot edits (markbotedits)
 * Mass delete pages (nuke)
 * Mass deletion of pages using DPL (dpl_param_delete_rules)
 * Mass update of pages using DPL (dpl_param_update_rules)
 * Merge the history of pages (mergehistory)
 * Move blog articles (blog-articles-move)
 * Move category pages (move-categorypages)
 * Move files (movefile)
 * Move pages (move)
 * Move pages with their subpages (move-subpages)
 * Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
 * Move threads (threads:move)
 * Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
 * Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
 * Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
 * Not have their username show up in block notices (hideblockername)
 * Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
 * Override the disallowed title or username list (tboverride)
 * Overwrite existing files (reupload)
 * Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA (skipcaptcha)
 * Protect blog articles (blog-articles-protect)
 * Quickly revert and delete spam and vandalism (quicktools)
 * Quickly revert the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
 * Read forums (forums:read)
 * Report posts (posts:report)
 * Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again (transcode-reset)
 * Search deleted pages (browsearchive)
 * Suppress and unsuppress article comments (articlecomments:suppress)
 * Suppress and unsuppress posts (posts:suppress)
 * Suppress and unsuppress threads (threads:suppress)
 * Unblock oneself (unblockself)
 * Undelete a page (undelete)
 * Update the forum display order (forums:displayorder)
 * Upload files (upload)
 * Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
 * Upvote posts (posts:vote)
 * Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
 * Use moderator tools in Discussions (moderatorTools:use)
 * User can download database dumps on demand, via Special:Statistics (dumpsondemand)
 * User can request database dumps on demand, via Special:Statistics (dumpsondemandrequest)
 * User is eligible to earn achievement points (Overrides exempt) (achievements-explicit)
 * User is ineligible to earn achievement points (achievements-exempt)
 * Validate article comments (articlecomments:validate)
 * Validate posts (posts:validate)
 * View (discussionslog:view)
 * View Special:DiscussionsLog (specialdiscussionslog)
 * View information about the current transcode activity (transcode-status)
 * View IP actions across all wikis (multilookup)
 * View a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
 * View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
 * View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
 * View hidden article comments (articlecomments:viewhidden)
 * View hidden forums (forums:viewhidden)
 * View hidden posts (posts:viewhidden)
 * View hidden threads (threads:viewhidden)
 * View the Discussions leaderboard (leaderboard:view)
 * View the checkuser log (checkuser-log)
 * View the disallowed title list log (titleblacklistlog)
 * View user edits across all of Fandom (lookupcontribs)
 * Add groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Interactive Map Testers, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
 * Remove groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Interactive Map Testers, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
 * Add groups to own account: Rollbackers, Bots and Administrators
 * Remove groups from own account: Rollbackers, Bots, Administrators and Bureaucrats