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==Users and rights==
 
==Users and rights==
 
===List of users and rights===
 
===List of users and rights===
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Highspeed Wiki has six user groups:
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The [[Special:ListGroupRights]] special page lists the user groups that exist on a wiki, and lists the rights that are assigned to those groups. Bureaucrats can give additional rights to trusted users.
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*(all) – applies to every visitor to your site, including those who do not log in
 
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*Users – applies to all logged-in users
 
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*Autoconfirmed users – applies to all logged-in users who meet certain thresholds
 
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*Bots – can be assigned to bots, in order to allow users to hide bot edits from recent changes or watchlists
 
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*Administrators – can be assigned to trusted users, giving them permission to perform key administrative tasks such as deletion, user blocking, page protection, and editing the interface
 
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*Bureaucrats – can be assigned to trusted users, giving them permission to assign/revoke user groups
 
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The first three groups are "implicit" groups, which are assigned to users automatically as required. Only the last three groups can be manually assigned or revoked.
 
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The [[Special:ListGroupRights]] special page lists the user groups that exist on a wiki, and lists the rights that are assigned to those groups
 
  
 
'''NOTE! Only Users with a confirmed email address are allowed to edit Highspeed Wiki pages.'''
 
'''NOTE! Only Users with a confirmed email address are allowed to edit Highspeed Wiki pages.'''

Revision as of 05:23, 19 February 2019

Highspeed Education > Manuals and instructions for Admins

Special pages

Most of the needed tools and pages for Admins are listed in Special:SpecialPages

Users and rights

List of users and rights

The Special:ListGroupRights special page lists the user groups that exist on a wiki, and lists the rights that are assigned to those groups. Bureaucrats can give additional rights to trusted users.

NOTE! Only Users with a confirmed email address are allowed to edit Highspeed Wiki pages.

Making trusted person Administrator or Bureaucrat

Go to page Special:UserRights. Write a trusted user's username and give additional user rights. You can find all registered users and their user rights listed here: Special:ListUsers

You need to have Bureaucrat rights to give additional rights to other wiki users.

Useful manuals and handbooks

Overall manual for Administrator tools:

Great handbook on how to handle Admin situations:

MediaWiki's help page about sysops and permissions:

Main Admin Contact Information

Contact main admin by email: highspeed.education@cern.ch

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