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The user access level of editors affects their abilities to perform specific actions on Bharatpedia. The user access level depends on which rights (also called permissions, user groups, bits, or flags) are assigned to accounts. There are two types of access leveling: automatic, and requested. User access levels are determined by whether the Wikipedian is logged in, the account's age and edits, and what manually assigned rights the account has.

Anyone can use the basic functionalities of Bharatpedia even if they are not logged in. Unless they are blocked, they may freely edit most pages. Being logged in gives users many advantages, such as having their public IP address hidden and the ability to track one's own contributions. Additionally, once user accounts are more than a certain number of days old and have made more than a certain number of edits, they automatically become autoconfirmed or extended confirmed, allowing the direct creation of articles, the ability to move pages, to edit semi-protected and extended-protected pages, and upload files. Further access levels need to be assigned manually by a user with the appropriate authority. An editor with more experience and good standing can attempt to become an administrator, which provides a large number of advanced permissions. Many other flags for specialized tasks are also available.

Overview

All visitors to the site, including unregistered users, are part of the '*' group, and all logged-in registered users are also part of the 'user' group. Users are automatically promoted into the autoconfirmed/confirmed users pseudo-group of established users when their account is more than five days old and has twenty edits, and the 'extended confirmed' user group later on.

Other flags are only given upon request; some, such as 'rollbacker', 'pending changes reviewer', or 'bot', are granted unilaterally if the user demonstrates a need for them (see Wikipedia:Requests for permissions and Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval). Others, such as 'sysop' and 'bureaucrat', are given only after community discussion and consensus at Wikipedia:Requests for adminship. Users are made members of such groups as 'oversight' and 'checkuser' only with the approval of the Arbitration Committee.

User groups have one or more rights assigned to them; for example, the ipblock-exempt (IP block exemptions) group have the 'ipblock-exempt' and 'torunblocked' rights. All members of a particular user group will have access to these rights. The individual rights that are assigned to user groups are listed at Special:ListGroupRights. Terms like rights, permissions, bits and flags can refer to both user groups and the individual rights assigned to them.

User groups

The system-generated technical permissions are listed at Special:ListGroupRights.

Unregistered (IP or not logged in) users

Users who are not logged in are identified by their IP address rather than a user name, whether or not they have already registered an account. They may read all Bharatpedia pages (except restricted special pages), and edit pages that are not protected (including pending changes protected/move-protected articles). They may create talk pages in any talk namespace but need to ask for help to create pages in some parts of the wiki. They cannot upload files or images. They must answer a CAPTCHA if they wish to make an edit which involves the addition of external links, and click a confirm link to purge pages.

Edit screens of unregistered users are headed by a banner that reads:

Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you [$1 log in] or [$2 create an account], your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.

Registered (new) users

Registered users may immediately e-mail other users if they activate an email address in their user preferences. All logged-in users may mark edits as minor. They may purge pages without a confirmation step, but are still required to answer a CAPTCHA when adding external links. Edits that they make to a page that is under pending changes protection immediately go live, unless other pending changes need to be reviewed. They may save books to their userspace but not the Books namespace.

Autoconfirmed and confirmed users

Several actions on the Bharatpedia are restricted to user accounts that are at least 5 days old and have made at least 20 edits to the encyclopedia. Users who meet these requirements are considered part of the pseudo-group 'autoconfirmed'. The conditions for autoconfirmed status are checked every time a user attempts to perform a restricted action; if they are met, permission is granted automatically by the MediaWiki software. Although the precise requirements for autoconfirmed status vary according to circumstances, most Bharatpedia user accounts that are more than five days old and have made at least 20 edits (including deleted edits) are considered autoconfirmed. However, users with the IP block exemption flag and who are editing through the Tor network are subjected to much stricter autoconfirmed thresholds: 90 days and 100 edits.

Autoconfirmed or confirmed users can create articles (except for create-protected pages), edit semi-protected pages, and upload files (including new versions of existing files, except for upload-protected files). Autoconfirmed users are no longer required to enter a CAPTCHA for most edits, including, but not limited to, adding external links. They also may save books to the Books namespace. In addition, the Edit filter has a number of warning settings that will no longer affect editors who are autoconfirmed.

Extended confirmed users

A registered editor becomes 'extendedconfirmed' automatically when the account is both at least 30 days old and has made at least 500 edits (including deleted edits). This user access right allows editors to edit pages that are under extended confirmed protection. This access is included and bundled in the 'bot' and 'sysop' (administrator) user groups. This group was primarily created to deal with specific arbitration remedies and community issues; the arbitration committee has since left community-use decisions up to the community.

Administrators and bureaucrats

Administrators and bureaucrats are requested from pages other than Wikipedia:Requests for permissions.

Administrators

Administrators, also commonly referred to as "admins" or "sysops" (system operators), are editors who are granted the rights by the community following a Request for Adminship (RfA). The RfA process involves in-depth and considerable discussion and examination of the candidate's activity and contributions as an editor and are granted the rights by the community consensus. Administrators have exclusive access to a number of tools to allow them to carry out certain functions on the wiki. The tools cover processes such as page deletion, page protection, blocking and unblocking users, and the ability to edit fully protected pages. Administrators also have the ability to grant and remove most access rights to other users (account creator, autopatrolled, confirmed, file mover, edit filter helper, edit filter manager, event coordinator, extended confirmed, IP block exempt, mass message sender, new page reviewer, page mover, pending changes reviewer, rollback, template editor, and AutoWikiBrowser) and to their own alternate accounts. By convention, administrators also normally take responsibility for judging the outcome of certain discussions requiring these technical controls (such as deletions). Administrators are not granted more editorial control over article content than other editors. They are required to follow all policies and guidelines and are held to the same level of accountability as non-administrators.

Bureaucrats

Bureaucrats are exceptionally trusted editors who have the capability to perform certain actions on other users' accounts. These capabilities are granted by the community following a successful Requests for Bureaucratship (RfB).

Bureaucrats have access to Special:UserRights, enabling them to add users to the 'bureaucrat' group (but not remove them), and add users to and remove users from the 'administrator', 'bot', and 'interface administrator' user groups.

See Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat for a list of the 2 bureaucrats.

Flags granted to users giving access to specialized functions

Unless otherwise noted, see Wikipedia:Requests for permissions to request the following rights. Some of these rights are automatically assigned to administrators.

Pending changes reviewer

Members of this group can review other users' edits to articles placed under pending changes protection. This right is automatically assigned to administrators. Prior to September 2014, this right was known as 'reviewer'.

See Special:ListUsers/reviewer for a list of the 0 reviewers.

Rollback

Users who are given the rollback flag ('rollbacker' user group) may revert consecutive revisions of an editor using the rollback feature. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See Special:ListUsers/rollbacker for a list of the 1 rollbackers.

Autopatrolled

Members of this group have 'autopatrol', which allows them to have their pages automatically patrolled on the New Pages list. This right is automatically assigned to administrators. Prior to June 2010, this right was known as 'autoreviewer'.

See Special:ListUsers/autoreviewer for a list of the 0 autopatrolled users.

New page reviewer (patroller)

Members of this group have 'patrol', which allows them to mark pages created by others as patrolled or reviewed. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See Special:ListUsers/patroller for a list of the 6 new page reviewers.

File mover

The file mover user right is intended to allow users experienced in working with files to rename them, subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming Bharatpedia articles. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See Special:ListUsers/filemover for a list of the 0 additional filemovers.

Page mover

The page mover user right ('extendedmover' user group) is intended to allow users who have demonstrated a good understanding of the Bharatpedia page naming system to rename pages and subpages without leaving redirects, subject to policy. They are also able to create and edit editnotices as well as move categories. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See Special:ListUsers/extendedmover for a list of the 0 page movers.

Account creator

The account creator user right ('accountcreator' user group) is intended for users involved in the request an account process (ACC). They are not affected by the 6 account creation limit per day per IP, and can create accounts for other users without restriction. Users in this group can also override the anti-spoof checks on account creation. Additionally, account creators are able to create accounts with names that are otherwise blocked by the title blacklist. This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bureaucrats.^[1]

See Special:ListUsers/accountcreator for a list of the 0 account creators.

Event coordinator

The eventcoordinator flag ('eventcoordinator' user group) is intended for individuals involved with off-wiki outreach events to create accounts for their attendees. Event coordinators are not affected by the 6 account creation limit per day per IP. In addition, they can allow their event attendees to create new articles by temporarily adding newly created accounts to confirmed user group.

See Special:ListUsers/eventcoordinator for a list of the 0 event coordinators.

Template editor

Users who are given the templateeditor flag ('templateeditor' user group) are allowed to edit pages protected with template protection, as well as create and edit editnotices. Template protection is only applied to pages in the template and module namespaces, as well as a few pages in the Bharatpedia namespace. This right is intended to allow experienced template and module coders to make changes without having to request that an administrator make the edits for them. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See Special:ListUsers/templateeditor for a list of the 0 template editors.

IP block exemption

Users who are given the ipblock-exempt flag ('ipblock-exempt' user group) are not affected by autoblocks, blocks of IP addresses and ranges that are made with the "Prevent logged-in users from editing" option enabled,^[2] and by Tor blocks.

The flag is intended for trusted users in good standing who are unfortunately affected by such blocks. Requests for this permission may be included with your unblock request. If you are affected by an IP address range block, you must send your unblock request using the Unblock Ticket Request System. If you are trying to edit through a blocked anonymous proxy or a VPN service, you must instead send your request to checkuser-en-wpwikipedia.org, or contact a CheckUser directly.

This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bots.^[3] If known, an administrator is also free to grant the right to affected good-faith editors without waiting for an unblock request.

See Special:ListUsers/ipblock-exempt for a list of the 0 affected users.

Edit filter managers

Members of the edit filter manager group can create, modify, enable, disable, and delete edit filters as well as view private filters and their associated logs. This right is not assigned to administrators by default but they are allowed to grant the user right to themselves. These capabilities can also be granted to non-admins following a successful request at Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard.

See Special:ListUsers/abusefilter for a list of the 0 edit filter managers. All users can check their log entries on the Special:AbuseFilter pages.

Edit filter helpers

Members of the edit filter helper group can view private edit filters and their associated logs. This access is also included in the administrator groups. These capabilities can also be granted to non-admins following a successful request at Wikipedia:Edit filter noticeboard.

See Special:ListUsers/abusefilter-helper for a list of the 0 edit filter helpers. All users can check their log entries on the Special:AbuseFilter pages.

Mass message sender

Members of this group may send messages to multiple users at once. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.

See Special:ListUsers/massmessage-sender for a list of the 0 mass message senders.

Interface administrators

Users who are given the interface administrator flag ('interface-admin' user group) have the ability to edit site-wide CSS, JavaScript and JSON pages (pages such as MediaWiki:Common.js or MediaWiki:Vector.css, or the gadget pages listed on Special:Gadgets), CSS/JS/JSON pages in another user's userspace, and pages in the Mediawiki namespace. Interface administrator access, along with access to another group that has undelete access is required to view deleted versions of pages only editable by this group. Because it provides the potential to send malicious CSS/JS/JSON code to execute in other users' browsers, this right may only be granted to existing administrators,^[4] with two-factor authentication enabled on their accounts.^[5] These capabilities can be granted following a successful request at Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard.

See Special:ListUsers/interface-admin for a list of the 2 Interface administrators.

Functionary user levels

CheckUser

Users who are given the CheckUser flag ('checkuser' user group) have access to Special:CheckUser, a function page that allows them to view a list of all IP addresses used by a user account to edit the Bharatpedia, an extended list of all edits made from an IP (which includes edits that were made by any user accounts while using the specific IP), or a list of all user accounts that have used a given IP address. They also have access to the Checkuser log, which logs each time a Checkuser uses their tools to view any of the information listed. This user right is only granted to exceedingly few users and after a high level of scrutiny and review by the community, and after review and the support of the Arbitration Committee. Users must also be at least 18 years old and have signed our confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information. As CheckUsers have access to deleted revisions, they are also required to have passed an "RFA or RFA-identical process" first.^[6]

See Special:ListUsers/checkuser for a list of the 2 CheckUsers.

Oversight

Users who are given the oversight flag ('oversight' user group) have access to additional functions on the page deletion, revision deletion, and block function pages through which they can hide logs or revisions of pages (partially or entirely) from any form of usual access by all other users, including administrators. They also have access to the suppression log, where they can view actions made by other oversighters, as well as the content of the hidden revisions. This user right is only granted to exceedingly few users and after a high level of scrutiny and review by the community, and after review and the support of Arbitration Committee. Users must also be at least 18 years old and have signed the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information. Oversighters are also required to have passed a "RfA or RfA-identical process" first. See Special:ListUsers/oversight for a list of the 0 Oversighters.

Other flagged accounts

Bots

Accounts used by approved bots to make pre-approved edits can be flagged as such. Bot accounts are automated or semi-automated, the nature of their edits is well defined, and they will be quickly blocked if their actions vary from their given tasks, so they require less scrutiny than human edits.

For this reason, contributions from accounts with the bot flag ('bot' user group) are not displayed in recent changes or watchlists to users who have opted to hide bot edits. Minor edits made by bot accounts to user talk pages do not trigger the "you have new messages" banner. Bot accounts can query the API in batches of 5,000 rather than 500.

See Special:ListUsers/bot for a list of the 15 bots.

Copyright violation bots

A 'copyviobot' is an approved bot that is given the (pagetriage-copyvio) permission, allowing it to use the API to tag pages listed on Special:NewPagesFeed as likely copyright violations.

User:EranBot is the only copyviobot.

Blocked users

Any user account can be blocked, regardless of which user group(s) it belongs to. During the duration of the block, the blocking flag disables the user or IP's existing editing privileges depending on which block options are set by the administrator. A partial block still allows some parts of Bharatpedia to be edited.

Blocked users are listed on Special:BlockList.

Indefinitely blocked users

Shortcuts

In general, rights of editors blocked indefinitely should be left as is. Rights specifically related to the reason for blocking may be removed at the discretion of the blocking or unblocking administrators.^[7] This also applies to the user rights of site banned editors.^[8]

Stewards

Users who are members of the 'steward' user group may grant and revoke any permission to or from any user on any wiki operated by the Bharatpedia which allows open account creation. Stewards generally act only when there is no user on a particular wiki that can make the necessary change. This includes granting of the 'administrator' or 'bureaucrat' access levels on wikis which do not have any local bureaucrats, and removing such flags if the user resigns or the account is acting maliciously. Stewards are also responsible for granting and revoking access levels such as 'oversight' and 'checkuser', as no other group is capable of making such changes except.

Stewards can also act as checkusers, oversighters, bureaucrats or administrators on wikis which do not have active local members of those groups. For example, if a wiki has a passing need for an edit to be oversighted, a steward can add themselves to the 'oversight' user group on that wiki, perform the necessary function, and then remove themselves from the 'oversight' group using their steward rights.

Most steward actions are logged at meta:Special:Log/rights or meta:Special:Log/gblrights (some go to meta:Stewards/Additional log for global changes). See Special:GlobalUsers/steward or meta:Special:ListUsers/steward for a list of users in this group.

Table

Generally, bureaucrats on the Bharatpedia are also administrators, and so have all the permissions of the 'sysop' user group in addition to those rights from the 'bureaucrat' group.
Deprecated permissions are either no longer assigned to any group or the group to which they are assigned is no longer populated.

Special:ListGroupRights is an automatically generated list of granted user group rights. The below table is manually updated, and also includes global groups with local access.

v t e Permission	Allows user(s) to…	All users^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Registered accounts^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Autoconfirmed and Confirmed	Bots	Administrators	Bureaucrats	other groups^{[lower-alpha 3]}
abusefilter-hidden-log	View hidden abuse log entries							OS
abusefilter-hide-log	Hide entries in the abuse log							OS
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							CU
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	Y		AP, GR
autoreview	Automatically mark all revisions made by the user as "accepted"			Y / N^{[lower-alpha 4]}	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		CU, OS, Researchers
centralauth-merge	Merge their account	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							CU, Ombuds
collectionsaveascommunitypage	Save books as community page in the book namespace			Y
collectionsaveasuserpage	Save books as user subpage		Y	Y
createaccount	Create a new user account for themselves or another user	Y				Y
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		CU, OS, Researchers
deletedtext	View the text of deleted revisions, provided the page is not CSS or JS					Y		CU, Ombuds, OS, 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		OS
Permission	Allows user(s) to…	All users^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Registered accounts^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Autoconfirmed and Confirmed	Bots	Administrators	Bureaucrats	other groups^{[lower-alpha 3]}
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							IA, IE
edituserjson	Edit other users' .json files					Y		IA
extendedconfirmed	Edit 30/500 protected pages				Y	Y		XC, IE
globalblock-whitelist	Disable global blocks locally					Y
hideuser	Block a username, hiding it from the public							OS
import	Import pages from other wikis					Y		IMP, 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^{[lower-alpha 5]}
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 / N^{[lower-alpha 4]}		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^{[lower-alpha 5]}, Stewards
Permission	Allows user(s) to…	All users^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Registered accounts^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Autoconfirmed and Confirmed	Bots	Administrators	Bureaucrats	other groups^{[lower-alpha 3]}
nuke	Mass delete pages					Y
oathauth-enable	Enable two-factor authentication					Y	Y	CU, EFM, Founder, IMP, IA, OS, TE, 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		New page reviewers
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^{[lower-alpha 5]}
sendemail	E-mail a user (using `Special:EmailUser/username`) who have associated an email address with themselves		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^{[lower-alpha 5]}, 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					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, Jimbo Wales
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
Permission	Allows user(s) to…	All users^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Registered accounts^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Autoconfirmed and Confirmed	Bots	Administrators	Bureaucrats	other groups^{[lower-alpha 3]}

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Includes IP users. Any permission granted to all users will be inherited by the other user groups.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Any permission granted to registered accounts will be inherited by the other (registered) user groups.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Any user listed in this column has the relevant permission. Italics indicate a global permission.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Only autoconfirmed
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Per Bharatpedia:Global rights policy, Global rollbackers are only allowed to use this right in the context of counter-vandalism efforts

The userright proxyunbannable is assigned to administrators. Administrators are not exempt from tor blocks, only users in the IP block exemptions usergroup are, due to the torunblocked userright.
IPs and new users are limited to 8 edits per minute. Autoconfirmed or confirmed users who are in no usergroup with the noratelimit userright are limited to 8 moves per minute. Rollbackers in the same situation are limited to 100 rollbacks per minute. Account creations are subject to an IP based limit, set at 6 for WMF wikis, but users with noratelimit are unaffected.

User access level changes

Key to Rights
Yes	No
Y

Key to Project
Local	Global	Restricted

		Event coord.	Administrator	Bureaucrat	Steward	Founder
Confirmed	give	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y
Confirmed	take	N	Y	Y	Y	Y
Extended confirmed			Y		Y	Y
New page reviewer			Y		Y	Y
Rollbacker			Y		Y	Y
Autopatrolled			Y		Y	Y
Edit Filter helper, Edit Filter manager			Y		Y	Y
Event coordinator			Y		Y	Y
Page mover, File mover			Y		Y	Y
Template editor			Y		Y	Y
Mass message sender			Y		Y	Y
IP Block Exempt	give		Y	N	Y	Y
IP Block Exempt	take		Y	Y	Y	Y
Pending changes reviewer			Y	Y	Y	Y
Account Creator			Y	Y	Y	Y
Bot, Copyright violation bot				Y	Y	Y
Administrator, Interface Administrator				Y	Y¹	Y
Bureaucrat	give			Y	Y	Y
Bureaucrat	take			N	Y	Y
Checkuser, Oversight					Y	Y
Import					Y	Y
		Event coord.	Administrator	Bureaucrat	Steward	Founder

^1 Because bureaucrats were granted the ability to do this, stewards would refer most ordinary requests for removal of the sysop permission to them, but retain the right to remove the sysop permission when appropriate (such as emergencies or requests from the Arbitration Committee).

Notes

↑ "Project:Account creators". MediaWikiWiki. 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-01. DefaultSettings.php grants the noratelimit user right to bureaucrats and sysops.
↑ This flag only grants the exempted user to edit behind the IP address. IP block exempt users are not able to create accounts while behind an IP address that is also blocked with the "Prevent account creation" option enabled.
↑ Administrators and bots are not affected by autoblocks and hard IP address blocks. However, the ipblock-exempt flag must be added to the administrator or bot account as a separate user right to allow them to edit from IP addresses affected by Tor blocks.
↑ See this RfC at Wikipedia talk:Interface administrators/Archive 3#Allow non-admins to request access?
↑ WMF 2FA requirement as published on metawiki
↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named wmf
↑ See the RfC at Wikipedia talk:User access levels/Archive 2#Rights of indef blocked users.
↑ See the RfC at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User rights of (site) banned users.

[all-9] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 Includes IP users. Any permission granted to all users will be inherited by the other user groups.

[reg-10] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 ^2.3 Any permission granted to registered accounts will be inherited by the other (registered) user groups.

[other-11] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 ^3.3 Any user listed in this column has the relevant permission. Italics indicate a global permission.

[AC-12] 4.0 ^4.1 Only autoconfirmed

[GRP-13] 5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 ^5.3 Per Bharatpedia:Global rights policy, Global rollbackers are only allowed to use this right in the context of counter-vandalism efforts

[1] "Project:Account creators". MediaWikiWiki. 2015. Retrieved 2015-02-01. DefaultSettings.php grants the noratelimit user right to bureaucrats and sysops.

[2] This flag only grants the exempted user to edit behind the IP address. IP block exempt users are not able to create accounts while behind an IP address that is also blocked with the "Prevent account creation" option enabled.

[3] Administrators and bots are not affected by autoblocks and hard IP address blocks. However, the ipblock-exempt flag must be added to the administrator or bot account as a separate user right to allow them to edit from IP addresses affected by Tor blocks.

[4] See this RfC at Wikipedia talk:Interface administrators/Archive 3#Allow non-admins to request access?

[5] WMF 2FA requirement as published on metawiki

[wmf-6] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named wmf

[7] See the RfC at Wikipedia talk:User access levels/Archive 2#Rights of indef blocked users.

[8] See the RfC at Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User rights of (site) banned users.

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-The '''user access level''' of editors affects their abilities to perform specific actions on Wikipedia. The user access level depends on which rights (also called permissions, [[Internet forum#User groups|user groups]], [[bit (computing)|bits]], or [[flag (computing)|flags]]) are assigned to accounts. There are two types of access leveling: automatic, and requested. User access levels are determined by whether the [[WP:Wikipedian|Wikipedian]] is logged in, the account's age and edits, and what manually assigned rights the account has.
+The '''user access level''' of editors affects their abilities to perform specific actions on Bharatpedia. The user access level depends on which rights (also called permissions, [[Internet forum#User groups|user groups]], [[bit (computing)|bits]], or [[flag (computing)|flags]]) are assigned to accounts. There are two types of access leveling: automatic, and requested. User access levels are determined by whether the [[WP:Wikipedian|Wikipedian]] is logged in, the account's age and edits, and what manually assigned rights the account has.
-Anyone can use the basic functionalities of Wikipedia even if they are not logged in. Unless they are [[WP:BLOCK|blocked]], they may freely edit most pages. Being logged in gives users many advantages, such as having their public [[IP address]] hidden and the ability to track one's own contributions. Additionally, once user accounts are more than a certain number of days old and have made more than a certain number of edits, they automatically become autoconfirmed or extended confirmed, allowing the direct creation of articles, the ability to move pages, to edit semi-protected and extended-protected pages, and upload files. Further access levels need to be assigned manually by a user with the appropriate authority. An editor with more experience and good standing can attempt to become an [[WP:SYSOP|administrator]], which provides a large number of advanced permissions. Many other flags for specialized tasks are also available.
+Anyone can use the basic functionalities of Bharatpedia even if they are not logged in. Unless they are [[WP:BLOCK|blocked]], they may freely edit most pages. Being logged in gives users many advantages, such as having their public [[IP address]] hidden and the ability to track one's own contributions. Additionally, once user accounts are more than a certain number of days old and have made more than a certain number of edits, they automatically become autoconfirmed or extended confirmed, allowing the direct creation of articles, the ability to move pages, to edit semi-protected and extended-protected pages, and upload files. Further access levels need to be assigned manually by a user with the appropriate authority. An editor with more experience and good standing can attempt to become an [[WP:SYSOP|administrator]], which provides a large number of advanced permissions. Many other flags for specialized tasks are also available.
 == Overview ==
 All visitors to the site, including unregistered users, are part of the {{mono|'[[#Unregistered users|*]]'}} group, and all logged-in registered users are also part of the {{mono|'[[#New users|user]]'}} group. Users are automatically promoted into the [[#Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed/confirmed users]] pseudo-group of established users when their account is more than five days old and has twenty edits, and the {{mono|[[#Extended confirmed users|'extended confirmed']]}} user group later on.
-Other flags are only given upon request; some, such as {{mono|'[[#Rollback|rollbacker]]'}}, {{mono|'[[#Pending changes reviewer|pending changes reviewer]]'}}, or {{mono|'[[#Bot|bot]]'}}, are granted unilaterally if the user demonstrates a need for them (see [[Wikipedia:Requests for permissions]] and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval]]). Others, such as {{mono|'[[#Administrator|sysop]]'}} and {{mono|'[[#Bureaucrat|bureaucrat]]'}}, are given only after community discussion and consensus at [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship]]. Users are made members of such groups as {{mono|'[[#Oversight|oversight]]'}} and {{mono|'[[#Checkuser|checkuser]]'}} only with the approval of the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]], after signing the [[Wikipedia:Access to nonpublic information|Wikimedia Foundation's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]].
+Other flags are only given upon request; some, such as {{mono|'[[#Rollback|rollbacker]]'}}, {{mono|'[[#Pending changes reviewer|pending changes reviewer]]'}}, or {{mono|'[[#Bot|bot]]'}}, are granted unilaterally if the user demonstrates a need for them (see [[Wikipedia:Requests for permissions]] and [[Wikipedia:Bots/Requests for approval]]). Others, such as {{mono|'[[#Administrator|sysop]]'}} and {{mono|'[[#Bureaucrat|bureaucrat]]'}}, are given only after community discussion and consensus at [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship]]. Users are made members of such groups as {{mono|'[[#Oversight|oversight]]'}} and {{mono|'[[#Checkuser|checkuser]]'}} only with the approval of the [[Wikipedia:Arbitration Committee|Arbitration Committee]].
 User groups have one or more rights assigned to them; for example, the ipblock-exempt (IP block exemptions) group have the '{{mono|ipblock-exempt}}' and '{{mono|torunblocked}}' rights. All members of a particular user group will have access to these rights. The individual rights that are assigned to user groups are listed at [[Special:ListGroupRights]]. Terms like ''rights'', ''permissions'', ''bits'' and ''flags'' can refer to both user groups and the individual rights assigned to them.
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 ==== Unregistered (IP or not logged in) users ====
-Users who are not [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] are identified by their [[IP address]] rather than a [[User (computing)|user name]], whether or not they have already [[Special:UserLogin/signup|registered an account]]. They may read all Wikipedia pages (except restricted [[Help:Special page|special pages]]), and edit pages that are not protected (including pending changes protected/move-protected articles). They may create talk pages in any talk namespace but need to ask for help to create pages in some parts of the wiki. They cannot upload files or images. They must answer a CAPTCHA if they wish to make an edit which involves the addition of external links, and click a confirm link to purge pages.
+Users who are not [[Special:UserLogin|logged in]] are identified by their [[IP address]] rather than a [[User (computing)|user name]], whether or not they have already [[Special:UserLogin/signup|registered an account]]. They may read all Bharatpedia pages (except restricted [[Help:Special page|special pages]]), and edit pages that are not protected (including pending changes protected/move-protected articles). They may create talk pages in any talk namespace but need to ask for help to create pages in some parts of the wiki. They cannot upload files or images. They must answer a CAPTCHA if they wish to make an edit which involves the addition of external links, and click a confirm link to purge pages.
 Edit screens of unregistered users are headed by a banner that reads:
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 ==== Registered (new) users ====
 {{See also|Wikipedia:Why create an account?}}
-Registered users may immediately e-mail other users if they activate an email address in their [[Special:Preferences|user preferences]]. All logged-in users may mark edits as minor. They may purge pages without a confirmation step, but are still required to answer a CAPTCHA when adding external links. Edits that they make to a page that is under pending changes protection immediately go live, unless other pending changes need to be reviewed. They may save books to their userspace but not the Books namespace. They may also customize their Wikimedia interface and its options as they wish - either via [[Special:Preferences]], or by adding personal CSS or JavaScript rules to their [[Special:Mypage/vector.css|vector.css]] or [[Special:Mypage/vector.js|vector.js]] files.
+Registered users may immediately e-mail other users if they activate an email address in their [[Special:Preferences|user preferences]]. All logged-in users may mark edits as minor. They may purge pages without a confirmation step, but are still required to answer a CAPTCHA when adding external links. Edits that they make to a page that is under pending changes protection immediately go live, unless other pending changes need to be reviewed. They may save books to their userspace but not the Books namespace.
 {{Anchors|Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed|autoconfirmed|confirmed|Confirmed|Confirmed users}}
 ==== Autoconfirmed and confirmed users ====
-Several actions on the English Wikipedia are restricted to user accounts that are at least 5 days old and have made at least 20 edits to the encyclopedia. Users who meet these requirements are considered part of the pseudo-group {{mono|'autoconfirmed'}}. The conditions for autoconfirmed status are checked every time a user attempts to perform a restricted action; if they are met, permission is granted automatically by the MediaWiki software. Although the precise requirements for autoconfirmed status vary according to circumstances, most English Wikipedia user accounts that are more than five days old ''and'' have made at least 20 edits (including deleted edits) are considered autoconfirmed. However, users with the IP block exemption flag and who are editing through the Tor network are subjected to much stricter autoconfirmed thresholds: 90 days and 100 edits.
+Several actions on the Bharatpedia are restricted to user accounts that are at least 5 days old and have made at least 20 edits to the encyclopedia. Users who meet these requirements are considered part of the pseudo-group {{mono|'autoconfirmed'}}. The conditions for autoconfirmed status are checked every time a user attempts to perform a restricted action; if they are met, permission is granted automatically by the MediaWiki software. Although the precise requirements for autoconfirmed status vary according to circumstances, most Bharatpedia user accounts that are more than five days old ''and'' have made at least 20 edits (including deleted edits) are considered autoconfirmed. However, users with the IP block exemption flag and who are editing through the Tor network are subjected to much stricter autoconfirmed thresholds: 90 days and 100 edits.
 Autoconfirmed or confirmed users can [[Wikipedia:Your first article|create articles]] (except for create-protected pages), edit [[Wikipedia:Protection policy|semi-protected pages]], and [[Wikipedia:Upload|upload files]] (including new versions of existing files, except for upload-protected files). Autoconfirmed users are no longer required to enter a [[CAPTCHA]] for most edits, including, but not limited to, adding external links. They also may save books to the Books namespace. In addition, the Edit filter has a number of warning settings that will no longer affect editors who are autoconfirmed.
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 Bureaucrats are exceptionally trusted editors who have the capability to perform certain actions on other users' accounts. These capabilities are granted by the community following a successful [[WP:RfB|Requests for Bureaucratship (RfB)]].
-Bureaucrats have access to [[Special:UserRights]], enabling them to add users to the {{mono|'bureaucrat'}} group (but not remove them),<ref>[[MediaWiki]] [https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/diffusion/MW/browse/master/includes/DefaultSettings.php default settings] are that the 'bureaucrats' group has the {{mono|userrights}} flag (giving access to [[Special:UserRights]]) and can add or remove any flags. However this can be modified by [[mw:Manual:$wgAddGroups]] and [[mw:Manual:$wgRemoveGroups]] to restrict adding/removing flags to specified ones. Wikimedia's settings file [http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php uses these], and by default bureaucrats can only ''remove'' {{mono|bot}} flags and ''add'' {{mono|administrator, bureaucrat}} and {{mono|bot}} flags. English Wikipedia, or 'enwiki', settings additionally permit adding {{mono|accountcreator}} and removal of {{mono|ipblock-exempt}} and {{mono|accountcreator}}; which administrators can do anyway, and removal of {{mono|sysop}}.</ref> and add users to and remove users from the {{mono|'administrator'}},<ref>Since August 2011, per {{phab|20390}}</ref> {{mono|'[[#Bots|bot]]'}}, and {{mono|'[[#Interface administrators|interface administrator]]'}} user groups.
+Bureaucrats have access to [[Special:UserRights]], enabling them to add users to the {{mono|'bureaucrat'}} group (but not remove them), and add users to and remove users from the {{mono|'administrator'}}, {{mono|'[[#Bots|bot]]'}}, and {{mono|'[[#Interface administrators|interface administrator]]'}} user groups.
 See [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:bureaucrat}} bureaucrats.
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 ==== File mover ====
 {{See also|Wikipedia:File mover}}
-The file mover user right is intended to allow users experienced in working with files to rename them, subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming Wikipedia articles. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.
+The file mover user right is intended to allow users experienced in working with files to rename them, subject to policy, with the ease that autoconfirmed users already enjoy when renaming Bharatpedia articles. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.
 See [[Special:ListUsers/filemover]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:filemover}} additional filemovers.
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 ==== Page mover ====
 {{See also|Wikipedia:Page mover}}
-The page mover user right ({{mono|'extendedmover'}} user group) is intended to allow users who have demonstrated a good understanding of the Wikipedia page naming system to rename pages and subpages without leaving redirects, subject to policy. They are also able to create and edit [[WP:editnotice|editnotices]] as well as move categories. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.
+The page mover user right ({{mono|'extendedmover'}} user group) is intended to allow users who have demonstrated a good understanding of the Bharatpedia page naming system to rename pages and subpages without leaving redirects, subject to policy. They are also able to create and edit [[WP:editnotice|editnotices]] as well as move categories. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.
 See [[Special:ListUsers/extendedmover]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:extendedmover}} page movers.
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 ==== Account creator ====
 {{See also|Wikipedia:Account creator}}
-The account creator user right ({{mono|'accountcreator'}} user group) is intended for users involved in the [[Wikipedia:Request an account|request an account process]] (ACC), and so have signed the [[Wikipedia:Access to nonpublic information|Wikimedia Foundation's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]]. They are not affected by the 6 account creation limit per day per IP, and can create accounts for other users without restriction. Users in this group can also override the anti-spoof checks on account creation. Additionally, account creators are able to create accounts with names that are otherwise blocked by the [[MediaWiki:Titleblacklist|title blacklist]]. This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bureaucrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Account_creators|title=Project:Account creators|accessdate=2015-02-01|publisher=[[MediaWikiWiki:Project:About|MediaWikiWiki]]|quote= [[mw:Manual:DefaultSettings.php|DefaultSettings.php]] grants the <code>noratelimit</code> [[mw:Manual:User rights|user right]] to [[Project:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] and [[Project:Administrators|sysops]].|date=2015}}</ref>
+The account creator user right ({{mono|'accountcreator'}} user group) is intended for users involved in the [[Wikipedia:Request an account|request an account process]] (ACC). They are not affected by the 6 account creation limit per day per IP, and can create accounts for other users without restriction. Users in this group can also override the anti-spoof checks on account creation. Additionally, account creators are able to create accounts with names that are otherwise blocked by the [[MediaWiki:Titleblacklist|title blacklist]]. This right is automatically assigned to administrators and bureaucrats.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Project:Account_creators|title=Project:Account creators|accessdate=2015-02-01|publisher=[[MediaWikiWiki:Project:About|MediaWikiWiki]]|quote= [[mw:Manual:DefaultSettings.php|DefaultSettings.php]] grants the <code>noratelimit</code> [[mw:Manual:User rights|user right]] to [[Project:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] and [[Project:Administrators|sysops]].|date=2015}}</ref>
 See [[Special:ListUsers/accountcreator]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:accountcreator}} account creators.
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 ==== Template editor ====
 {{See also|Wikipedia:Template editor}}
-Users who are given the templateeditor flag ({{mono|'templateeditor'}} user group) are allowed to edit pages protected with [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#template|template protection]], as well as create and edit [[Wikipedia:editnotice|editnotices]]. Template protection is only applied to pages in the [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|template]] and [[Wikipedia:Lua|module]] namespaces, as well as a few pages in the Wikipedia namespace. This right is intended to allow experienced template and module coders to make changes without having to request that an administrator make the edits for them. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.
+Users who are given the templateeditor flag ({{mono|'templateeditor'}} user group) are allowed to edit pages protected with [[Wikipedia:Protection policy#template|template protection]], as well as create and edit [[Wikipedia:editnotice|editnotices]]. Template protection is only applied to pages in the [[Wikipedia:Template namespace|template]] and [[Wikipedia:Lua|module]] namespaces, as well as a few pages in the Bharatpedia namespace. This right is intended to allow experienced template and module coders to make changes without having to request that an administrator make the edits for them. This right is automatically assigned to administrators.
 See [[Special:ListUsers/templateeditor]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:templateeditor}} template editors.
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 ==== CheckUser ====
 {{seealso|Wikipedia:CheckUser|meta:CheckUser policy}}
-Users who are given the CheckUser flag ({{mono|'checkuser'}} user group) have access to [[Special:CheckUser]], a [[WP:SPEC|function page]] that allows them to view a list of all [[IP address]]es used by a user account to edit the English Wikipedia, an extended list of ''all edits'' made from an IP (which includes edits that were made by any user accounts while using the specific IP), or a list of all user accounts that have used a given IP address. They also have access to the Checkuser log, which logs each time a Checkuser uses their tools to view any of the information listed. This user right is only granted to ''exceedingly few users'' and after a high level of scrutiny and review by the community, and after review and the support of the [[WP:ARB|Arbitration Committee]]. Users must also be at least 18 years old and have signed the [[Wikipedia:Access to nonpublic information|Wikimedia Foundation's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]]. As CheckUsers have access to deleted revisions, they are also required to have passed an "RFA or RFA-identical process" first.<ref name="wmf"/>
+Users who are given the CheckUser flag ({{mono|'checkuser'}} user group) have access to [[Special:CheckUser]], a [[WP:SPEC|function page]] that allows them to view a list of all [[IP address]]es used by a user account to edit the Bharatpedia, an extended list of ''all edits'' made from an IP (which includes edits that were made by any user accounts while using the specific IP), or a list of all user accounts that have used a given IP address. They also have access to the Checkuser log, which logs each time a Checkuser uses their tools to view any of the information listed. This user right is only granted to ''exceedingly few users'' and after a high level of scrutiny and review by the community, and after review and the support of the [[WP:ARB|Arbitration Committee]]. Users must also be at least 18 years old and have signed [[Wikipedia:Access to nonpublic information|our confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]]. As CheckUsers have access to deleted revisions, they are also required to have passed an "RFA or RFA-identical process" first.<ref name="wmf"/>
 See [[Special:ListUsers/checkuser]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:checkuser}} CheckUsers.
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 ==== Oversight ====
 {{seealso|Wikipedia:Oversight|meta:Oversight policy}}
-Users who are given the oversight flag ({{mono|'oversight'}} user group) have access to additional functions on the page deletion, revision deletion, and block [[Help:Special page|function pages]] through which they can hide logs or revisions of pages (partially or entirely) from any form of usual access by all other users, including [[WP:ADMIN|administrators]]. They also have access to the [[Special:Log/suppress|suppression log]], where they can view actions made by other oversighters, as well as the content of the hidden revisions. This user right is only granted to ''exceedingly few users'' and after a high level of scrutiny and review by the community, and after review and the support of [[WP:ARB|Arbitration Committee]]. Users must also be at least 18 years old and have signed the [[Wikipedia:Access to nonpublic information|Wikimedia Foundation's confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information]]. Oversighters are also required to have passed a "RfA or RfA-identical process" first.<ref name="wmf">The Wikimedia Foundation has [[Special:Diff/545773892|stated]] that an "RfA or RfA-identical process" is required for users to be granted access to deleted revisions.</ref>
+Users who are given the oversight flag ({{mono|'oversight'}} user group) have access to additional functions on the page deletion, revision deletion, and block [[Help:Special page|function pages]] through which they can hide logs or revisions of pages (partially or entirely) from any form of usual access by all other users, including [[WP:ADMIN|administrators]]. They also have access to the [[Special:Log/suppress|suppression log]], where they can view actions made by other oversighters, as well as the content of the hidden revisions. This user right is only granted to ''exceedingly few users'' and after a high level of scrutiny and review by the community, and after review and the support of [[WP:ARB|Arbitration Committee]]. Users must also be at least 18 years old and have signed the confidentiality agreement for nonpublic information. Oversighters are also required to have passed a "RfA or RfA-identical process" first.
 See [[Special:ListUsers/oversight]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:oversight}} Oversighters.
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 {{anchors|founder}}
-==== Founder ====
-{{shortcut|WP:Founder}}
-The [[Special:ListUsers/founder|{{mono|'founder'}}]] group was created on the English Wikipedia by developer Tim Starling, without community input, as a unique group for [[User:Jimbo Wales|Jimmy "Jimbo" Wales]]—although [[Larry Sanger]] is a co-founder, he has never been a member of this group.<ref>Although there are two [[Founder of Wikipedia|co-founders]]<!--intentional disambiguation link-->, [[User:Jimbo Wales]] is the only member of this group: {{cite web |url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:ListUsers/founder |title=Users - Wikipedia |date=March 27, 2001 |author= en.wikipedia.org|accessdate= November 24, 2016}}</ref> The group gives Wales full access to [[Special:UserRights|user rights]]. As 'local founder actions' are usually of great interest to the local community, and are only relevant to the English Wikipedia, the 'local founder' right also has the benefit of allowing Wales' actions to be visible in the [[Special:Log/rights|English Wikipedia rights log]]. Wales is also a member of the founder [[m:Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/founder|global group]], which has view-only rights across the Wikimedia network.
-==== Researcher ====
-{{Shortcut|WP:RESEARCHER}}
-The {{mono|'researcher'}} group was created in April 2010 to allow individuals explicitly approved by the Wikimedia Foundation to perform a title search for deleted pages and view deleted history entries. Originally the group did not have the ability to view the actual revisions of deleted pages. On May 26, 2020 after a request approved by the Wikimedia Foundation the group was granted {{mono|deletedtext}} permissions, effectively allowing researchers to access deleted contents as well.<ref>[[phab:T253420|Phabricator Task T253420: Add 'deletedtext' right to user group 'researchers']]</ref><ref>The group has access to the {{mono|browsearchive}}, {{mono|deletedhistory}} and {{mono|deletedtext}} rights, as well {{mono|apihighlimits}} ([[Special:ListGroupRights#researcher]])</ref>
-See [[Special:ListUsers/researcher]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:researcher}} current researcher{{#ifeq:{{NUMINGROUP:researcher}}|1||s}} and [[meta:Research:Special API permissions/Log]] for further details.
-{{anchors|import}}{{anchor|Importers_and_Transwiki}}
-==== Importers and transwiki importers ====
-{{Shortcut|WP:Importers}}
-<code>Transwiki importers</code> is a group which gives editors the <code>(import)</code> permission for use on [[Special:Import]]. This interface allows users to copy pages, and optionally entire page histories, from certain other [[Wikimedia]] wikis. The <code>import</code> permission is also included in the administrators and importers user groups. There are currently {{NUMINGROUP:transwiki}} users in the transwiki importers group. This group is mostly deprecated and is only available for assignment by stewards following a special community approval discussion.
-<code>Importers</code> is a similar group which gives editors the <code>(importupload)</code> permission as well as the <code>(import)</code> permission for use on [[Special:Import]]. Importers have the additional ability to import articles directly from XML (which may come from any wiki site). The <code>importupload</code> permission is also included in the stewards group. See [[Special:ListUsers/import]] for the {{NUMINGROUP:import}} importers. This access is highly restricted and is only available for assignment to a limited number of very trusted users by stewards following a special community approval discussion.
-All users can use [[Special:Export]] to create an XML export of a page and its history.
-See also the [[special:log/import|import log]], [[Wikipedia:Transwiki log|transwiki log]], [[Help:Import]], and [[Wikipedia:Requests for page importation]].
 == Blocked users ==
 {{see|Wikipedia:Blocking policy}}
-Any user account can be blocked, regardless of which user group(s) it belongs to. During the duration of the block, the blocking flag disables the user or IP's existing editing privileges depending on which [[WP:OPTIONS|block options]] are set by the administrator. A [[Wikipedia:Partial blocks|partial block]] still allows some parts of Wikipedia to be edited.
+Any user account can be blocked, regardless of which user group(s) it belongs to. During the duration of the block, the blocking flag disables the user or IP's existing editing privileges depending on which [[WP:OPTIONS|block options]] are set by the administrator. A [[Wikipedia:Partial blocks|partial block]] still allows some parts of Bharatpedia to be edited.
 Blocked users are listed on [[Special:BlockList]].
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 {{Shortcut|WP:INDEFRIGHTS|WP:BANNEDRIGHTS}}
 In general, rights of editors [[WP:INDEF|blocked indefinitely]] should be left as is. Rights specifically related to the reason for blocking may be removed at the discretion of the blocking or unblocking administrators.<ref>See the RfC at [[Wikipedia talk:User access levels/Archive 2#Rights of indef blocked users]].</ref> This also applies to the user rights of [[WP:SBAN|site banned]] editors.<ref>See the RfC at [[Wikipedia:Requests for comment/User rights of (site) banned users]].</ref>
-== Global rights ==
-Global rights have effects on all public [[Wikimedia]] wikis, but their use may be restricted by local policy, see [[Wikipedia:Global rights policy]]. For an automatically generated list of global groups with all their permissions, see [[Special:GlobalGroupPermissions]]. For a list of users along with their global groups, see [[Special:GlobalUsers]].
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 ==== Stewards ====
 {{seealso|Meta:Steward}}
-Stewardship is an elected role, and stewards are appointed globally across all public Wikimedia wikis.
+Users who are members of the {{mono|'steward'}} user group may grant and revoke any permission to or from any user on any wiki operated by the Bharatpedia which allows open account creation. Stewards generally act only when there is no user on a particular wiki that can make the necessary change. This includes granting of the {{mono|'administrator'}} or {{mono|'bureaucrat'}} access levels on wikis which do not have any local bureaucrats, and removing such flags if the user resigns or the account is acting maliciously. Stewards are also responsible for granting and revoking access levels such as {{mono|'oversight'}} and {{mono|'checkuser'}}, as no other group is capable of making such changes except.
-Users who are members of the {{mono|'steward'}} user group may grant and revoke any permission to or from any user on any wiki operated by the [[Wikimedia Foundation]] which allows open account creation. This group is set on [[meta:Main Page|MetaWiki]], and may use [[meta:Special:Userrights]] to set permissions on any Wikimedia wiki; they may add or remove any user from [[bugzilla:12518|any group configured on metawiki]]. Stewards generally act only when there is no user on a particular wiki that can make the necessary change. This includes granting of the {{mono|'administrator'}} or {{mono|'bureaucrat'}} access levels on wikis which do not have any local bureaucrats, and removing such flags if the user resigns or the account is acting maliciously. Stewards are also responsible for granting and revoking access levels such as {{mono|'oversight'}} and {{mono|'checkuser'}}, as no other group is capable of making such changes except [[meta:System administrators|Foundation sysadmins]] and [[meta:Trust and Safety|Trust and Safety]] staff.
 Stewards can also act as [[#CheckUser|checkusers]], [[#Oversight|oversighters]], [[#Bureaucrat|bureaucrats]] or [[#Administrator|administrators]] on wikis which do not have active local members of those groups. For example, if a wiki has a passing need for an edit to be oversighted, a steward can add themselves to the {{mono|'oversight'}} user group on that wiki, perform the necessary function, and then remove themselves from the {{mono|'oversight'}} group using their steward rights.
 Most steward actions are logged at [[meta:Special:Log/rights]] or [[meta:Special:Log/gblrights]] (some go to [[meta:Stewards/Additional log for global changes]]). See [[Special:GlobalUsers/steward]] or [[meta:Special:ListUsers/steward]] for a list of users in this group.
-==== Other global user groups ====
-{{main|Wikipedia:Global rights policy|meta:User groups}}
-Other global groups include WMF staff; sysadmins (system administrators); ombudsmen; [[Wikipedia:Volunteer Response Team|OTRS-members (Volunteer Response Team)]]; global bots; global rollbackers; global sysops (not enabled on English Wikipedia); interface editors. See [[Wikipedia:Global rights policy|Global rights policy]] and [[meta:User groups]] for information on these, as well as a full list.
 == Table ==
-* Generally, bureaucrats on the English Wikipedia are also administrators, and so have all the permissions of the {{mono|'sysop'}} user group in addition to those rights from the {{mono|'bureaucrat'}} group. However, this is not a requirement of the [[MediaWiki]] software nor is it a formal requirement of the [[Wikipedia:Requests for adminship#About RfB|Requests for Bureaucratship]] process; it is technically possible for a user to be a bureaucrat without also being an admin, although this has never happened on the English Wikipedia.
+* Generally, bureaucrats on the Bharatpedia are also administrators, and so have all the permissions of the {{mono|'sysop'}} user group in addition to those rights from the {{mono|'bureaucrat'}} group.
 * Deprecated permissions are either no longer assigned to any group or the group to which they are assigned is no longer populated.
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-* The userright ''proxyunbannable'' is assigned to administrators but has no effect since WMF wikis use [[mw:Extension:TorBlock]] instead of the default MediaWiki proxy blocker. Administrators are not exempt from tor blocks, only users in the IP block exemptions usergroup are, due to the ''torunblocked'' userright.
+* The userright ''proxyunbannable'' is assigned to administrators. Administrators are not exempt from tor blocks, only users in the IP block exemptions usergroup are, due to the ''torunblocked'' userright.
-* IPs and new users are limited to 8 edits per minute. Autoconfirmed or confirmed users who are in no usergroup with the ''noratelimit'' userright are limited to 8 moves per minute. Rollbackers in the same situation are limited to 100 rollbacks per minute.<ref>The API query https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=ratelimits|groups can be used to check those values.</ref> Account creations are subject to an IP based limit, [[mw:Manual:$wgAccountCreationThrottle|set at 6]] for WMF wikis, but users with ''noratelimit'' are unaffected.
+* IPs and new users are limited to 8 edits per minute. Autoconfirmed or confirmed users who are in no usergroup with the ''noratelimit'' userright are limited to 8 moves per minute. Rollbackers in the same situation are limited to 100 rollbacks per minute. Account creations are subject to an IP based limit, [[mw:Manual:$wgAccountCreationThrottle|set at 6]] for WMF wikis, but users with ''noratelimit'' are unaffected.
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-== Former levels ==
-{{anchor|Course coordinator, instructor, online and campus volunteer|Afttest and Afttest-hide|ep-staff|ep-admin|ep-campus-ambassador|ep-online-ambassador|ep-instructor}}
-* ''Course coordinator, instructor, online and campus volunteer''
-*: Enabled users to manage course pages in the "Education Program:" namespace, which was [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/News/January_2018/Education_Extension_scheduled_shutdown shutdown in June 2018]
-* ''Afttest and Afttest-hide''
-*: Only granted by WMF staff, these enabled users to delete and/or hide [[WP:AFT5|article feedback]]. Removed in March 2014 after a one-year run.
-* ''EP staff, administrator, campus-ambassador, online-ambassador, and instructor''
-*: Used by users to coordinate and work with students, instructors, and institutions as part of the [https://outreach.wikimedia.org/wiki/Education/About education program]. Deprecated since 2013.
 == See also ==
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 * [[Special:UserRights|See what usergroup a user is in]]
 * [[Wikipedia:Editing restrictions]]: a list of users with editing restrictions that have been imposed by the Arbitration Committee
-* [[Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control]] (explains the access structure from the perspective of quality control on Wikipedia)
+* [[Wikipedia:Editorial oversight and control]] (explains the access structure from the perspective of quality control on Bharatpedia)
 * [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=siteinfo&siprop=usergroups Wikipedia User permissions API]
 * [[Wikipedia:Requests for permissions]] (to request certain userrights)