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Botwiki:User groups
This is a list of the usergroups available on Botwiki.
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Bots
Bots are accounts authorized to perform automated editing. They don't show up in the recent changes. Generally if you want to test a bot here, you don't have to get the bot flag, just check with an administrator (quickest way might be to drop in #botwiki), however if you need the flag, it can be given by any administrator.
Current users with this permission can be found here.
Administrators
Similar as the normal mediawiki/wikimedia administrator, can block users, protect pages, delete pages, etc.. Here also can grant the bot flag. They cannot delete revisions here. This permission is granted easily to active and trusted users from WMF wikis who need it.
Current users with this permission can be found here.
Check users
Check users have the technical ability to access private data such as registered users' IPs, preferences or email addresses. It is rarely used, and either a) for serious cases or b) with the user's consent.
Current users with this permission can be found here.
Oversighters
Oversighters have the ability to hide revisions (edits) from the public's sight. They're the only users able to RevDel. They also have access to content deleted in this way.
Current users with this permission can be found here.
Bureaucrats
Bureaucrats can rename users, add and remove the administrator, bot, check user, oversighter and bureaucrat flags.
The steward user group was absorbed by the bureaucrat user group in December 2011 and all users with either of the permissions was moved into the usergroup.
Current users with this permission are Doug, Fabexplosive and Filnik (inactive).
Developers
Developers have ftp access to the server, as well as the ability to edit interwikis, access the sudo log and lock and unlock the database. All developers are also bureaucrats.
Current users with this permission are Doug and Filnik (inactive).
Root
Root user has full access to the server, can lock and unlock the database, can edit interwikis, edit all user rights, use sudo and see all private logs. The root usergroup includes bureaucrat and developer permissions.
Snowolf is the only member of the group.
