Assistant and Content Moderator User Group Comparison

The Content Moderator usergroup is a usergroup that was officially released across Fandom on the 14th January 2016. In some ways it is similar to the Assistant usergroup, a custom usergroup that was officially released on the Enyclopedia SpongeBobia on the 20th February 2015, and C.Syde's Wiki on the 30th April 2015. Below is a list of all the usergroup permissions that Assistants have that Content Moderators do not, and vice versa.

Assistants — List of Abilities

 * The following abilities are those included with the assistant usergroup
 * Can edit archived talk pages (editwallarchivedpages)
 * Can edit the old, archived forums (forumoldedit)
 * Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
 * Disable comments (disablecomments)
 * Edit blog articles (blog-articles-edit)
 * Edit comments and posts by other users (posts:superedit)
 * Edit protected pages (without cascading protection) (editprotected)
 * Edit semi-protected pages (editsemiprotected)
 * Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
 * Edit threads by other users (threads:superedit)
 * Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
 * Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
 * 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)
 * Move blog articles (blog-articles-move)
 * Move category pages (move-categorypages)
 * Move files (movefile)
 * Move threads (threads:move)
 * Move user pages (renameprofilev3)
 * 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)
 * Override the disallowed title or username list (tboverride)
 * Override the spoofing checks (override-antispoof)
 * 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)
 * Toggle comments on blog articles (blog-comments-toggle)
 * Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
 * Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
 * Use moderator tools in Discussions (moderatorTools:use)
 * Validate article comments (articlecomments:validate)
 * Validate posts (posts:validate)
 * 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)
 * Remove group from own account: Assistants

Content Moderators — List of Abilities

 * The following abilities are those included with the content moderator usergroup
 * Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
 * Delete all comments, posts and threads 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 pages (delete)
 * Edit comments and posts by other users (posts:superedit)
 * Edit protected pages (without cascading protection) (editprotected)
 * Edit semi-protected pages (editsemiprotected)
 * Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
 * Edit threads by other users (threads:superedit)
 * Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
 * Lock and unlock posts (posts:lock)
 * Lock and unlock threads (threads:lock)
 * Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
 * Move category pages (move-categorypages)
 * Move files (movefile)
 * Move threads (threads:move)
 * Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
 * Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
 * 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)
 * Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again (transcode-reset)
 * Undelete a page (undelete)
 * Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
 * 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)
 * Remove group from own account: Content Moderators

Tools that are shared between Assistants and Content Moderators

 * Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
 * Edit comments and posts by other users (posts:superedit)
 * Edit protected pages (without cascading protection) (editprotected)
 * Edit semi-protected pages (editsemiprotected)
 * Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
 * Edit threads by other users (threads:superedit)
 * Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
 * Lock and unlock posts (posts:lock)
 * Lock and unlock threads (threads:lock)
 * Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
 * Move category pages (move-categorypages)
 * Move files (movefile)
 * Move threads (threads:move)
 * Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
 * Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
 * 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)
 * Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again (transcode-reset)
 * Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
 * 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)

Tools that the Assistant User Group has that the Content Moderator User Group does not

 * Can edit archived talk pages (editwallarchivedpages)
 * Can edit the old, archived forums (forumoldedit)
 * Disable comments (disablecomments)
 * Edit blog articles (blog-articles-edit)
 * Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
 * Mark reverted edits as bot edits (markbotedits)
 * Move blog articles (blog-articles-move)
 * Move user pages (renameprofilev3)
 * Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
 * Override the disallowed title or username list (tboverride)
 * Override the spoofing checks (override-antispoof)
 * Protect blog articles (blog-articles-protect)
 * Search deleted pages (browsearchive)
 * Toggle comments on blog articles (blog-comments-toggle)
 * Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
 * View a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
 * Remove group from own account: Assistants

Tools that the Content Moderator User Group has that the Assistant User Group does not

 * Delete all comments, posts and threads 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 pages (delete)
 * Overwrite existing files (reupload)
 * Undelete a page (undelete)
 * Remove group from own account: Content Moderators

Tools that the Assistant and Content Moderator User Groups have combined

 * Can edit archived talk pages (editwallarchivedpages)
 * Can edit the old, archived forums (forumoldedit)
 * Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
 * Delete all comments, posts and threads 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 pages (delete)
 * Disable comments (disablecomments)
 * Edit blog articles (blog-articles-edit)
 * Edit comments and posts by other users (posts:superedit)
 * Edit protected pages (without cascading protection) (editprotected)
 * Edit semi-protected pages (editsemiprotected)
 * Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
 * Edit threads by other users (threads:superedit)
 * Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
 * Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
 * 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)
 * Move blog articles (blog-articles-move)
 * Move category pages (move-categorypages)
 * Move files (movefile)
 * Move threads (threads:move)
 * Move user pages (renameprofilev3)
 * 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)
 * Override the disallowed title or username list (tboverride)
 * Override the spoofing checks (override-antispoof)
 * 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)
 * Toggle comments on blog articles (blog-comments-toggle)
 * Undelete a page (undelete)
 * Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
 * Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
 * Use moderator tools in Discussions (moderatorTools:use)
 * Validate article comments (articlecomments:validate)
 * Validate posts (posts:validate)
 * 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)
 * Remove groups from own account: Content Moderators and Assistants