ContributeCreate accountLog in

Difference between revisions of "OpenWiki:User access levels"

Revision as of 23:17, 5 September 2026 by OpenWiki
(Imported from the OpenWiki starter corpus)
Revision as of 00:51, 6 September 2026 by OpenWiki
(Updated from the starter corpus)
| Registered || An account || The same, plus a name of your own, a watchlist, and the ability to edit your own discussion messages| Registered || An account || The same, plus a name of your own, a watchlist, and the ability to edit your own discussion messages
|-|-
| Autoconfirmed || 4 days '''and''' 10 edits || Editing semi-protected pages; exemption from most [[Special:AbuseFilter|edit filters]]+| Autoconfirmed || Earned automatically from account history || Editing semi-protected pages; exemption from most [[Special:AbuseFilter|edit filters]]
|-|-
| Extended-confirmed || 30 days '''and''' 500 edits || Editing extended-confirmed protected pages+| Extended-confirmed || Earned automatically from account history || Editing extended-confirmed protected pages
|}|}
Both automatic levels need age '''and''' edits, which is what makes them useful: an account registered to get around a restriction has to wait, and one that waits still has to do real work.+Automatic eligibility uses private anti-abuse criteria. Exact thresholds are intentionally not published, so accounts cannot be optimized solely to bypass restrictions.
== Granted ==== Granted ==
|}|}
Administrators are not editors-in-chief. The tools are for enforcing what the community has already decided, not for settling content disputes; an administrator in a dispute is just another editor.+Administrators hold no special authority over article content. The tools are for enforcing decisions the community has already taken; in a content dispute an administrator is an ordinary editor.
The first account registered on a new OpenWiki becomes an administrator, because somebody has to be able to hand out the rest. See [[Special:ListUsers]] for who holds what.The first account registered on a new OpenWiki becomes an administrator, because somebody has to be able to hand out the rest. See [[Special:ListUsers]] for who holds what.