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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, [[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 | 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 Bharatpedian 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 [[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. | ||
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Accounts used by approved [[WP:BOT|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. | Accounts used by approved [[WP:BOT|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 ({{mono|'[[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]]'}} user group) are not displayed in [[Wikipedia:Recent Changes|recent changes]] or [[Help:Watching pages|watchlists]] to users who have opted to hide bot edits. Minor edits made by bot accounts to user talk pages do not trigger the [[Help:Using talk pages#You have new messages|"you have new messages"]] banner | For this reason, contributions from accounts with the bot flag ({{mono|'[[Wikipedia:Bots|bot]]'}} user group) are not displayed in [[Wikipedia:Recent Changes|recent changes]] or [[Help:Watching pages|watchlists]] to users who have opted to hide bot edits. Minor edits made by bot accounts to user talk pages do not trigger the [[Help:Using talk pages#You have new messages|"you have new messages"]] banner. | ||
See [[Special:ListUsers/bot]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:bot}} bots. | See [[Special:ListUsers/bot]] for a list of the {{NUMINGROUP:bot}} bots. | ||
==== Copyright violation bots ==== | ==== Copyright violation bots ==== | ||
A {{mono|'copyviobot'}} is an approved bot that is given the {{mono|(pagetriage-copyvio)}} permission, allowing it to use the | A {{mono|'copyviobot'}} is an approved bot that is given the {{mono|(pagetriage-copyvio)}} permission, allowing it to use the API to tag pages listed on [[Special:NewPagesFeed]] as likely [[Wikipedia:Copyright violations|copyright violations]]. | ||
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