Editing Help:User groups

This page gives an overview of user permissions on the Doom Wiki.  For the complete list of [[mw:How does MediaWiki work?|MediaWiki]] database settings, see [[Special:ListGroupRights]].  Administrators can view the status of a single user at [[Special:UserRights]].

Most of the lists of names below are not updated automatically.  If you need the most current data, see [[Special:ListUsers]].

== Anonymous ([[wikipedia:IP address|IP]]) editors ==

Anyone can read or edit a page; [[wikipedia:Wikipedia:BOLD|that's the whole point]].

== Logged-in users ==

[[Special:UserLogin|Creating an account]] allows you to upload images, [[Special:Preferences|customize the site interface]], and avoid most "area effect" blocks (such as page protection or rangeblocking).

This wiki omits most of Wikipedia's fine-grained subdivisions such as Autoconfirmed or Extended Confirmed.  All registered users immediately become Autoconfirmed.

The "Doomer" label was created during the [[Doom Wiki:Departure from Wikia|2011 relaunch]], as a workaround for a bug affecting importation of user accounts from the old site.  It too is meant to include all registered users and should never affect anyone's editing experience.

== Editors{{anchor|section-editors}}==

Users with this status can mark pages as "checked", meaning that all edits since the last check have been constructive (see [[Help:Page validation]]).  In addition, their own edits are ''automatically'' approved, and they can view a [[Special:UnreviewedPages|list of pages]] that have never been checked.

Participants in the [[Doom Wiki:Departure from Wikia|server migration]] were given Editor rights.  Currently, new Editors are created at the discretion of administrators.  The [[mw:Extension:FlaggedRevs#Automatic user promotion|autopromotion]] feature of the associated MediaWiki [[Special:Version|extension]] is also enabled; its criteria include 60 days since account creation, no [[Doom Wiki:Policies and guidelines#Banning|blocks]], and at least 200 approved edits out of 300.

The Autocheck status exempts a user from edit approval ''without'' the ability to check others' contributions.  It can be manually granted to anyone at the discretion of an administrator.  (Advance notice is often posted to [[Doom Wiki:Central Processing|Central Processing]], however, in case reasoned objection exists.)

Users with editor permission:
{{Special:ListUsers/editor}}

Users with autocheck permission:
{{Special:ListUsers/autoreview}}

== Bots ==

{{wp|Software agent#User agents (personal agents)|Bots}} use external scripts or apps to perform high-speed edits. Identifying an account in this way gives it features useful for such edits, e.g. enhanced [[mw:API:Main page|API transactions]].

The bot flag is a position of trust, due to the inherent difficulty of double-checking mass edits (which many users will not even see, as they are omitted by default from [[Special:RecentChanges|recent changes]] and other logs). Bot operators are expected to build safeguards into their code, work with other editors to resolve any issues, and follow on-site {{wp|WP:CONS|consensus}} wherever it exists.

Currently this practice is still experimental on the Doom Wiki. Flags are assigned at bureaucrat discretion, and there are no written policies specific to bots.

Users with bot permission:
{{Special:ListUsers/bot}}

== Administrators ==

Administrators are users with some special abilities.  Most of the time this should go largely unnoticed, since everyone can be involved in editing pages, and even in reorganizing the entire site.  The extra functions are intended to help moderate disputes and clean up large messes (such as robo-spam or inaccurate system messages).

Among other things, admins can:

* Delete pages
* View and undelete deleted pages (unless they predate the [[Doom Wiki:Departure from Wikia|fork]])
* Protect and unprotect pages
* Edit protected pages
* Block users

'''''<u>Active administrators</u>'''''
* [[User:Fraggle|Fraggle]]
* [[User:Gez|Gez]]
* [[User:Jdowland|Jdowland]] (alternate non-admin account [[User:Jmtd|Jmtd]])
* [[User:Quasar|Quasar]] (bot account [[User:QueryBot|QueryBot]])

'''''<u>Inactive administrators</u>''' (fewer than 5 edits in the last year)''
* [[User:Bloodshedder|Bloodshedder]]
* [[User:Cyb|Cyb]]
* [[User:Fredrik|Fredrik]]
* [[User:Janizdreg|Janizdreg]]
* [[User:Radius|radius]]
* [[User:Ryan W|Ryan W]] (alternate non-admin accounts listed [[User:Ryan W#nonadmin|here]])
* [[User:Sarge Baldy|Sarge Baldy]]
* [[User:Schneelocke|Schneelocke]]
* [[User:TheDarkArchon|TheDarkArchon]]
* [[User:TheGreenHerring|TheGreenHerring]]
* [[User:Who is like God?|Who is like God?]]

If you need administrator assistance, e.g. to undo a page move or stop a persistent vandal, feel free to ask any of the above (preferably active) users. In an emergency, try to find one on [[IRC]]. Bloodshedder, Quasar and TheGreenHerring are usually on [irc://irc.oftc.net/zdoom #zdoom], Janizdreg on [irc://irc.oftc.net/chocolate-doom #chocolate-doom] and there are typically several on [irc://irc.oftc.net/doomwiki #doomwiki].

Currently the only way to become an administrator is to ask a bureaucrat (see below).

== Bureaucrats ==

These are [[wikipedia:Superuser|"root"]] or "superuser" persons, able to change the permissions on other accounts.  Configuring a database installation requires one active bureaucrat, but the Doom Wiki has much less paperwork than Wikipedia, so (hopefully) one is enough.

'''''<u>Bureaucrats on the Doom Wiki</u>'''''
* [[User:Fredrik|Fredrik]]
* [[User:SpiderMastermind|SpiderMastermind]] (account created during the [[Doom Wiki:Departure from Wikia|migration to MancuNET]]; can be used by [[User:Quasar|Quasar]] or [[User:Manc|Manc]])

The SpiderMastermind account also has [[mw:Extension:CheckUser#Usage|CheckUser]] permission (associates usernames with their IPs), and {{wp|Wikipedia:Oversight#Operation|Oversight}} permission (also known as [[mw:Manual:RevisionDelete|suppression]] or [[mw:Help:RevisionDelete|revdel]]; hides individual page revisions or [[Help:Special pages#Special:Log|logged actions]], even from other administrators). These are invoked only in emergencies, when the site or community members may be at immediate risk. Our [[Doom Wiki:Privacy policy#Access to hidden information|privacy policy]] includes a few example scenarios, but due to their rarity, there is currently no formal policy specific to these actions.

== Sources ==

* ''This page incorporates text from the public domain document [[mw:Help:Sysops and permissions|Help:Sysops and permissions]] at [[mw:Main Page|Mediawiki.org]].''


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