C.Syde's Wiki:User Rights
User Rights refers to special privileges and tools given to experienced and helpful members of C.Syde's Wiki. These privileges are generally tiered, with acquisition and proper use of lower rights required for obtaining higher rights. These tiers are:
Unregistered users are more than welcome to read articles on this wiki, however they cannot actively contribute here. If any users are wanting to leave messages on user talk pages, add comments to blogs, and participate in community discussions and voting discussions, they must join Miraheze for a free account, or sign in if they are already registered. These rules have taken effect as of 1st August 2015. Before this date, unregistered users were allowed to leave messages on user talk pages, add comments to blogs, and participate in community discussions and voting discussions. So you may see unregistered contributions on pages. The proposal and discussion can be found here. Before the 7th May 2015, unregistered users were only allowed to leave messages on user talk pages, and add comments to blog posts. The proposal and discussion to lower the restriction of anonymous edits can be found here.
In addition to the rights previously extended to unregistered users, registered users are allowed to edit all pages on the wiki, except those that are locked for administrators, assistants, and content moderators only. Generally only templates and pages that are important to the function of the wiki are fully protected, but some pages that have been created by and are owned by a specific member of the administration team may be semi-protected or fully protected by the administrator, assistant, or content moderator in question. Some of the pages on C.Syde's Wiki have been semi-protected or fully protected, so a registered user may need to ask a member of the administration team to unprotect the page so they can edit it. Generally pages that are semi-protected will be unprotected upon request, but if a page is fully protected, there is a possibility that the user's unprotection request may not be taken into consideration. Registered Users are allowed to participate in all discussions, except those that have been reserved for administrators, assistants, and content moderators only. In order to become a registered user, unregistered users must register with Miraheze and begin editing at C.Syde's Wiki.
In addition to the rights extended to all registered users, emailconfirmed users don't have to go through a captcha when inserting an external link to a page, blanking a page, or creating a new account. To become an emailconfirmed user, a user must confirm their email address in their preferences. So in practice almost all registered users have emailconfirmed status across all of Miraheze anyway.
In addition to the rights extended to all registered users, autoconfirmed users have editing access to all pages that are semi-protected. To become an autoconfirmed user, a minimum of four days must have passed since the user's account was created. So in practice almost all registered users have autoconfirmed status across all of Miraheze anyway.
Autopatrolled Users are users who have been editing on Miraheze for some time and have demonstrated sufficient trust from an administrator or bureaucrat to not make inappropriate edits. Autopatrolled users have their edits automatically marked as patrolled so that content moderators, assistants, or administrators do not have to check their edits. All administrators, assistants, content moderators, discussion moderators, and rollbackers are implicitly autopatrolled users already. Autopatrolled can be given out upon request or at an administrator or bureaucrat's discretion. Requests for Autopatrolled rights are made at the administrators' noticeboard. More information on Autopatrolled Users can be found here. Chat Moderators are users who are able to carry out administrative functions in Chat such as kicking and banning disruptive users. All administrators and discussion moderators are implicitly chat moderators already. Despite their lack of additional editing tools outside the chat room, they (along with rollbackers, and discussion moderators) are considered to be the middle ground between regular users and admins. Requests for Chat Moderator rights are made here. Rollbackers are a group of more experienced wiki editors. In addition to the privileges extended to regular users, Rollbackers are able to quickly and easily revert vandalism by other users, by use of the Rollback tool, and issue warnings to other users if necessary. Rollback rights are given out only when requested, and only if the user is not found to have a history of bad faith edits on other wikis. A history of strong contributions and anti-vandalism on other wikis is beneficial but not compulsory for Rollback candidates. Despite their lack of additional editing tools, they (along with chat moderators, and discussion moderators) are considered to be the middle ground between regular users and admins. Requests for Rollback rights are made here. Discussion Moderators are users who have additional tools available to manage conversations in various features, such as the Discussions feature, across the community where users are having social discussions. They can remove and restore threads and replies from any user, and close and reopen threads. In the discussions feature specifically, discussion moderators have the ability to move threads from one category to another. All administrators are implicitly discussion moderators already. Discussion Moderators (along with chat moderators and rollbackers) are considered to be the middle ground between regular users and admins. Requests for Discussion Moderator rights are made here. Content Moderators are a group of frequent and experienced contributors to the wiki. In addition to the privileges extended to regular users, and rollbackers, Content Moderators are able to ensure the functions of the wiki through vandalism prevention, and issuing warnings to users if necessary. Content Moderators are able to initiate and end formal votes or drives for consensus. Content Moderator rights can be requested here. While it is not compulsory to be granted discussion moderator rights, it is strongly recommended, since Content Moderators do not have implicitly have Discussion Moderator rights by default, although they do automatically have Rollback rights. It is also recommended for users to apply for content moderatorship before applying for administratorship, since users that have already obtained content moderator rights are more likely to be granted administrator rights, since the jump from content moderator to administrator is smaller than the jump from chat moderator, rollback, and/or discussion moderator to administrator. Assistants are a group of frequent and experienced contributors to the wiki. In addition to the privileges extended to regular users, and rollbackers, Assistants are able to ensure the functions of the wiki through vandalism prevention, and issuing warnings to users if necessary. Assistants are able to initiate and end formal votes or drives for consensus. Assistant rights can be requested here. More information on Assistants can be found here. While it is not compulsory to be granted discussion moderator rights, it is strongly recommended, since Assistants do not have implicitly have Discussion Moderator rights by default, although they do automatically have Rollback rights. It is also recommended for users to apply for assistantship before applying for administratorship, since users that have already obtained assistant rights are more likely to be granted administrator rights, since the jump from assistant to administrator is smaller than the jump from rollback and/or discussion moderator to administrator. Administrators are very frequent and experienced contributors to the wiki. They are entrusted with ensuring the function of the wiki through vandalism prevention, issuing blocks and warnings to users if necessary. Administrators are able to initiate and end formal votes or drives for consensus, and are able to edit pages, such as MediaWiki pages, that affect the functions of the wiki itself. Administrators can also grant and revoke Autopatrolled, Chat Moderator, Rollback, Discussion Moderator, Content Moderator and Assistant rights. Chat Moderator, Rollback, Discussion Moderator, Content Moderator, and / or Assistant rights are a prerequisite for Administrative rights. Administrative rights can be requested here. Bureaucrats are among the most active, experienced and trusted wiki editors. Bureaucrats are able to grant and revoke Autopatrolled, Rollback, Content Moderator, Assistant and Administrator rights. However they cannot grant and revoke Discussion Moderator rights, or edit pages that affect the functions of the wiki, without Administrator rights. Administrator rights are a prerequisite for Administrative rights. Bureaucrat rights can be requested here.
The Founder has full access to all the local settings, extensions, namespaces, and permissions on the wiki, apart from those that are only accessible to restricted usergroups, such as Check Users and Suppressors; or global usergroups, such as Global IP Block Exemptions, Interwiki Administrators, Stewards, System Administrators, and Trust and Safety. They are responsible for maintaining the aspects of the wiki through manage wiki. Aside from that, they are able to grant and revoke usergroup permissions from all users, but they cannot grant and revoke any restricted or global usergroup permissions. For security reasons, no one except the wiki's founder is a member of this group. But Administrators, Bureaucrats, and Techies put together cover almost all the permissions extended to the Founder anyway.
Techies are a group of users that are entrusted with various technical permissions on the wiki. Therefore they have access to several technical rights extended to Administrators, as well as the ability to show and hide the contents of specific revisions and log entries, create mass message deliveries, remove inappropriate avatars, change the ratings of pages, create new accounts without explicitly accepting the site's Terms of Service, edit other users' social profiles, manage all push subscriptions, and temporarily protect the wiki from editing. While Techies cannot directly grant and revoke permissions from other users, they can grant and revoke Administrator, Bot, and Interface Administrator rights from their account. Due to the high scope of influence that the permissions associated with the Techie usergroup have, this usergroup is not normally given to users, and will only be granted to users who already have Administrator or Bureaucrat rights, if at all. Techie rights are only granted to users with a higher level of trust beyond that of Administrators. They can only be revoked by themselves or Bureaucrats, and can only be granted and revoked by the Founder usergroup.
This usergroup is based around the Google Analytics Integration extension on Miraheze. It prevents users from being tracked via Analytics. However, since it is important to keep a record of the wiki's analytics, this usergroup is not available on request, and will most likely be granted to Bot accounts only, if at all. Because of this, no one except the Founder usergroup is able to promote users to Noanalytics, although Bureaucrats are able to revoke this permission from users. It is important to keep in mind that all users, from regular users to bureaucrats, can be good and constructive editors to the wiki. In short, no user is better than another, and the opinions and ideas of all users will be given equal weight. My request for new rights was turned downIf you applied for Autopatrolled, Chat Moderator, Rollbacker, Discussion Moderator, Content Moderator, Assistant, Administrator, or Bureaucrat rights but were denied, it may be for a number of reasons.
You may need to receive those rights on a larger scale wiki, before you can be trusted to obtain them on C.Syde's Wiki.
In order to apply for Administratorship, you must have either chat moderator, rollback, discussion moderator, content moderator, or assistant rights. To apply for bureaucratship, you must have administrator rights. Be sure to obtain lower-tiered rights before applying for higher-tiered ones.
Holders of special rights are expected to understand how to edit the wiki on a more advanced level than a new user. Users who do not demonstrate an improved editing ability may find attaining new rights difficult. Learning how to edit the wiki has multiple additional benefits, above and beyond getting certain rights, so taking the initiative to learn is a definitely a good idea.
Patience is a virtue. As such, if you recently applied for a position and were turned down, it is best to wait awhile before reapplying. Applying too often may be taken as a sign that you are too ambitious and not prepared for the responsibilities of the position you're applying for, and might make you less likely to get the position.
Users who are currently placed on editing restriction, or probation, are ineligible to obtain user rights. It is important to keep in mind that all users can grow into strong contributors, even those who do not have chat moderator, rollback, discussion moderator, content moderator, assistant, administrator or bureaucrat rights. You do not need to be an administrator to be an important part of the wiki. How to RequestRequests for Autopatrolled, Rollback, Content Moderator, and Assistantship are reviewed by administrators and bureaucrats without much input from others. Requests for Administratorship are reviewed by bureaucrats without much input from others. And requests for Chat Moderator and Discussion Moderatorship are reviewed by administrators without much input from others. I am usually the one who ends up reviewing requests for Autopatrolled, Chat Moderator, Rollback, Discussion Moderator, Content Moderator, and Assistantship, but they can be reviewed, accepted, or declined by any administrator. I am usually the one who ends up reviewing requests for Administratorship, but they can be reviewed, accepted, or declined by any bureaucrat. It is largely my discretion whether or not you are ready to be made an Bureaucrat; some possible reasons for being turned down are listed above. |