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====Interface administrators====
====Interface administrators====
{{see also|Wikipedia:Interface administrators}}
{{see also|Wikipedia:Interface administrators}}
Users who are given the interface administrator flag ({{mono|'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 <code>undelete</code> 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,<ref>See this RfC at [[Wikipedia talk:Interface administrators/Archive 3#Allow non-admins to request access?]]</ref> with [[Help:Two-factor authentication|two-factor authentication]] enabled on their accounts.<ref>[[meta:Special:PermaLink/18694289|WMF 2FA requirement as published on metawiki]]</ref> These capabilities can be granted following a successful request at [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard]].
Users who are given the interface administrator flag ({{mono|'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 <code>undelete</code> 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, with [[Help:Two-factor authentication|two-factor authentication]] enabled on their accounts.<ref>[[meta:Special:PermaLink/18694289|WMF 2FA requirement as published on metawiki]]</ref> These capabilities can be granted following a successful request at [[Wikipedia:Bureaucrats' noticeboard]].


See [[Special:ListUsers/interface-admin]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:interface-admin}} Interface administrators.
See [[Special:ListUsers/interface-admin]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:interface-admin}} Interface administrators.
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=== Indefinitely blocked users ===
=== Indefinitely blocked users ===
{{Shortcut|WP:INDEFRIGHTS|WP:BANNEDRIGHTS}}
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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>
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. 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>


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{{User access level changes}}
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== See also ==
* [[Special:ListGroupRights]]
* [[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 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)
* [[Wikipedia:Sockpuppet investigations]]


== Notes ==
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