User:Charitwo/Sandbox4/Help:User access levels

Different users have access to different functions of the site. Wiki founders are given administrator and bureaucrat access. They can make any other user on their wiki an administrator, bureaucrat, or rollback user.

Anyone
Anyone, including users without a user account, can read the wiki as well as create new pages and edit unprotected pages. Any non-banned user is free to create a user account.

Logged in users
Users who have created an account and logged in (this is free and only requires a username and password) can change the title of a page by moving it. (That is much better and faster than creating a new page and moving the content.)

Logged-in users can upload an image or other file to the wiki. There are restrictions on which file types can be uploaded.

Logged-in users can mark a page on recent changes as "patrolled" to show other users that they have checked an edit. This feature is disabled by default, you can request it be turned on by asking the Community Team.

Logged-in users can also customize the display of the wiki using Special:Preferences, as well as maintain a page watchlist.

Rollback
Users with the "rollback" permission are able to revert vandalism and bad-faith edits by using the rollback link on diff pages and user contributions list. They are just like logged-in users, only with one extra button.

Bureaucrats can give users rollback rights by using the form at Special:Userrights. The action will be logged on Special:Log/rights.

Administrators ("sysops")
Administrators can delete pages and page histories. They can also undelete a previously deleted page, or undelete specific revisions of it. Administrators can also delete and undelete uploaded files.

Administrators can lock (protect) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without admin rights or autoconfirmed users, dependent on settings.

Administrators can block an IP address or user name from editing.

Administrators can revert bad edits more easily using a "[rollback]" link which appears on diff pages and user contributions lists.

Administrators can edit the MediaWiki namespace to make changes to the interface.

On Wikipedia, an admin is defined as a "trusted user". You should be aware that this might not be the case on Wikia. The requester of a wiki will be given admin access to that wiki on the Principle of First Trust. If a user later turns out to be irresponsible with the admin access, it may be removed by staff at any time.

For details, see the administrators' how-to guide.

Bureaucrats
A bureaucrat can make other users into bureaucrats or administrators on the wiki where they are a bureaucrat and give trusted users a rollback function on their own wiki. They are not currently able to remove admin access from any user. Please contact the Community Team if you need admin access removed from any user.

Instructions for bureaucrats
(Please see Central Wikia help page for full details.) Briefly, the commonest duties are:
 * 1) Bureaucrats can turn other users into admins or bureaucrats using Special:Userrights. They can also promote and revoke rollback rights using this forum. There is a link to this on the list of special pages.

Helper
The Wikia Helper Group is made up of contractors and volunteer interns who are working for Wikia. They could be helping to defend against spam, improving your wiki's interface and design, or helping to increase the amount of quality content on your wiki. They also drop in to say "hi" to new wiki founders and help to greet newcomers. See here for more info.

Janitor
Janitors are Wikia users that help to keep everything tidy across Wikia. Janitors can help with cleaning cross-Wikia spam, reverting vandalism on quiet or inactive wikis, and can give help and advice on using the advanced features of the wiki. See here for more info.

Staff
Some Wikia staff members have full access to all wikis. They will be shown in Special:Listusers/staff on any wiki. Please see contact us for details on how to contact Wikia staff.