Grants

The following is a list of grants with their associated access to user rights. Users can authorize applications to use their account, but with limited permissions based on the grants the user gave to the application. An application acting on behalf of a user cannot actually use rights that the user does not have however. There may be additional information about individual rights.

GrantRights
Basic rights (basic)
  • Automatically log in with an external user account (autocreateaccount)
  • Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
  • Bypass automatic blocks of Tor exit nodes (torunblocked)
  • Bypass global IP blocks (globalblock-exempt)
  • Edit pages protected as "ܦܣܣ ܠܡܦܠܚܢ̈ܐ ܚܬܝܬ̈ܐ ܝܬܐܝܬ ܒܠܚܘܕ" (editsemiprotected)
  • Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
  • Not be affected by IP-based rate limits (autoconfirmed)
  • Not have minor edits to discussion pages trigger the new messages prompt (nominornewtalk)
  • Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA (skipcaptcha)
  • Use of the write API (writeapi)
  • View a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
  • View abuse filters (abusefilter-view)
  • View detailed abuse log entries (abusefilter-log-detail)
  • View recent changes patrol marks (patrolmarks)
  • View the abuse log (abusefilter-log)
  • ܩܪܝ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (read)
High-volume (bot) access (highvolume)
  • Be treated as an automated process (bot)
  • Mark rolled-back edits as bot edits (markbotedits)
  • Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
  • Send a message to multiple users at once (massmessage)
  • Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
Import revisions (import)
  • Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
  • Import pages from other wikis (import)
Edit existing pages (editpage)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Change Item terms (labels, descriptions, aliases) (item-term)
  • Change Property terms (labels, descriptions, aliases) (property-term)
  • Create Item redirects (item-redirect)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Merge Items (item-merge)
  • ܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܫܘܚܠܦ̈ܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ (minoredit)
  • ܫܚܠܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (edit)
Edit protected pages (editprotected)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Bypass blocked external domains (abusefilter-bypass-blocked-external-domains)
  • Bypass the spam block list (sboverride)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autopatrollers" (editautopatrolprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autopatrollers" (editextendedsemiprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoreviewers" (editautoreviewprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only editors" (editeditorprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only trusted users" (edittrustedprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "ܦܣܣ ܠܡܕܒܪ̈ܢܐ ܒܠܚܘܕ" (editprotected)
  • Edit pages with potential legal consequences (edit-legal)
  • Edit protected templates (templateeditor)
  • Edit restricted pages (extendedconfirmed)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Move pages with stable versions (movestable)
  • Override the disallowed titles or usernames list (tboverride)
  • ܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܫܘܚܠܦ̈ܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ (minoredit)
  • ܫܚܠܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (edit)
Edit your user CSS/JSON/JavaScript (editmycssjs)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Edit your own user CSS files (editmyusercss)
  • Edit your own user JSON files (editmyuserjson)
  • Edit your own user JavaScript files (editmyuserjs)
  • ܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܫܘܚܠܦ̈ܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ (minoredit)
  • ܫܚܠܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (edit)
Edit your user preferences and JSON configuration (editmyoptions)
  • Edit your own preferences (editmyoptions)
  • Edit your own user JSON files (editmyuserjson)
Edit the MediaWiki namespace and sitewide/user JSON (editinterface)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Edit other users' JSON files (edituserjson)
  • Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Edit the user interface (editinterface)
  • ܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܫܘܚܠܦ̈ܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ (minoredit)
  • ܫܚܠܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (edit)
Edit sitewide and user CSS/JS (editsiteconfig)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Edit other users' CSS files (editusercss)
  • Edit other users' JSON files (edituserjson)
  • Edit other users' JavaScript files (edituserjs)
  • Edit sitewide CSS (editsitecss)
  • Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
  • Edit sitewide JavaScript (editsitejs)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Edit the user interface (editinterface)
  • ܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܫܘܚܠܦ̈ܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ (minoredit)
  • ܫܚܠܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (edit)
Create, edit, and move pages (createeditmovepage)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Create Properties (property-create)
  • Create pages (which are not discussion pages) (createpage)
  • Delete single revision redirects (delete-redirect)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Move category pages (move-categorypages)
  • Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
  • Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
  • ܒܪܝ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ ܕܡܡܠܠܐ (createtalk)
  • ܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܫܘܚܠܦ̈ܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ (minoredit)
  • ܫܚܠܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (edit)
  • ܫܢܝ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (move)
  • ܫܢܝ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ ܥܡ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ ܦܪ̈ܥܝܐ ܕܝܠܗܘܢ (move-subpages)
Upload new files (uploadfile)
  • Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself (reupload-own)
  • ܐܣܩ ܠܦܦ̈ܐ (upload)
Upload, replace, and move files (uploadeditmovefile)
  • Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
  • Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
  • Overwrite existing files (reupload)
  • Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself (reupload-own)
  • Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again (transcode-reset)
  • Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
  • ܐܣܩ ܠܦܦ̈ܐ (upload)
  • ܫܢܝ ܠܦܦ̈ܐ (movefile)
Patrol changes to pages (patrol)
  • Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
Rollback changes to pages (rollback)
  • Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
Block and unblock users (blockusers)
  • Block or unblock a user from sending email (blockemail)
  • ܚܪܘܡ ܡܦܠܚܢ̈ܐ ܐܚܪ̈ܢܐ ܡܢ ܫܚܠܦܬܐ (block)
View deleted files and pages (viewdeleted)
  • View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
  • View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
  • ܒܨܝ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ ܫܝܦܬ̈ܐ (browsearchive)
View restricted log entries (viewrestrictedlogs)
  • View abuse filters marked as private (abusefilter-view-private)
  • View hidden abuse log entries (abusefilter-hidden-log)
  • View log entries of abuse filters marked as private (abusefilter-log-private)
  • View the disallowed titles list log (titleblacklistlog)
  • View the spam block list log (spamblacklistlog)
  • ܚܙܝ ܣܓܠ̈ܐ ܦܪ̈ܨܘܦܝܐ (suppressionlog)
Delete pages, revisions, and log entries (delete)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Delete and undelete specific log entries (deletelogentry)
  • Delete and undelete specific revisions of pages (deleterevision)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Mass delete pages (nuke)
  • View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
  • View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
  • ܒܨܝ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ ܫܝܦܬ̈ܐ (browsearchive)
  • ܠܐ ܫܘܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (undelete)
  • ܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܫܘܚܠܦ̈ܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ (minoredit)
  • ܫܘܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (delete)
  • ܫܘܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ ܥܡ ܬܫܥܝܬ̈ܐ ܪ̈ܒܬܐ (bigdelete)
  • ܫܚܠܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (edit)
Hide users and suppress revisions (oversight)
  • Hide entries in the abuse log (abusefilter-hide-log)
  • View revisions hidden from any user (viewsuppressed)
  • View, hide and unhide specific revisions of pages from any user (suppressrevision)
Protect and unprotect pages (protect)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Change protection settings and edit cascade-protected pages (protect)
  • Edit pages protected as "ܦܣܣ ܠܡܕܒܪ̈ܢܐ ܒܠܚܘܕ" (editprotected)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • ܫܘܕܥ ܥܠ ܫܘܚܠܦ̈ܐ ܐܝܟ ܙܥܘܪܐ (minoredit)
  • ܫܚܠܦ ܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (edit)
View your watchlist (viewmywatchlist)
  • View your own watchlist (viewmywatchlist)
Edit your watchlist (editmywatchlist)
  • Edit your own watchlist (note that some actions will still add pages even without this right) (editmywatchlist)
Send email to other users (sendemail)
  • Send email to other users (sendemail)
Create accounts (createaccount)
  • Override the disallowed usernames list (tboverride-account)
  • Override the spoofing checks (override-antispoof)
  • ܒܪܝ ܚܘܫܒܢ̈ܐ ܕܡܦܠܚܢܐ ܚܕܬܐ (createaccount)
Access private information (privateinfo)
  • View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) (viewmyprivateinfo)
Merge page histories (mergehistory)
  • ܚܒܘܛ ܬܫܥܝܬܐ ܕܦܐܬܬ̈ܐ (mergehistory)
Create short URLs (shortenurls)
  • Create short URLs (urlshortener-create-url)
Globally block or unblock a user (globalblock)
  • Make and remove global blocks (globalblock)
Manage global account status (setglobalaccountstatus)
  • Lock or unlock global account (centralauth-lock)
  • Suppress or hide global account (centralauth-suppress)
Forcibly create a local account for a global account (createlocalaccount)
  • Forcibly create a local account for a global account (centralauth-createlocal)
Manage your OAuth clients (oauthmanageownclient)
  • Manage OAuth grants (mwoauthmanagemygrants)
  • Propose new OAuth consumers (mwoauthproposeconsumer)
  • Update OAuth consumers you control (mwoauthupdateownconsumer)
Access two-factor authentication (OATH) information for self and others (oath)
  • Query and validate OATH information for self and others (oathauth-api-all)
  • Verify whether a user has two-factor authentication enabled (oathauth-verify-user)
Access checkuser data (checkuser)
  • Check users' IP addresses and other information (checkuser)
  • View the checkuser log (checkuser-log)
Access checkuser data for temporary accounts (checkuser-temporary-account)
  • View IP addresses used by temporary accounts (checkuser-temporary-account)
  • View IP addresses used by temporary accounts without needing to check the preference (checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference)
  • View the log of access to temporary account IP addresses (checkuser-temporary-account-log)
Manage mentorship (managementorship)
  • Enroll as a mentor (enrollasmentor)
  • Manage the list of mentors (managementors)
  • Set user's mentor (setmentor)

OAuth-specific grants

These additional grants are applicable to OAuth consumers.

GrantRights
User identity verification only, no ability to read pages or act on a user's behalf.
User identity verification only with access to real name and email address, no ability to read pages or act on a user's behalf.