skyHow:Permissions

Note that this is a draft

(everyone)

(everyone) (in the "*" group) is a group that is composed of all registered and non-registered users. This means that this includes both users and IP editors.

User rights

• createaccount: Create new user accounts
• createpage: Create pages (which are not discussion pages)
• createtalk: Create discussion pages
• edit: Edit pages
• abusefilter-log-detail: View detailed abuse log entries
• abusefilter-view: View abuse filters
• abusefilter-logs: View the abuse logs

Appointment

This user group is granted automatically to all users and IP editors.

Users

User (in the "user" group) is a group that is made up of all registered users, whether they have any advanced group or not.

Appointment

This user group is granted automatically to all registered users.

Autoconfirmed users

Autoconfirmed users (in the "autoconfirmed" group) are users who can bypass certain restrictions set on new accounts such as CAPTCHAs, and can edit pages protected against non-autoconfirmed users.

Appointment

These users are automatically promoted to autoconfirmed after their account reaches 4 days of existence and 10 edits made. This is done to prevent spam.

Confirmed users

Appointment

Any registered user may request the confirmed permission in skyHow:Administrators' noticeboard, provided they have a good reason for the confirmed permission. You don't need to request this permission if you are already autoconfirmed.

Autopatrolled users

Appointment

Any registered user may request the autopatrolled permission in skyHow:Administrators' noticeboard, provided they:

• Have at least 50 edits
• Are a user at least 1 week old since registration
• Are a trusted user

Rollbackers

Appointment

Any registered user may request the rollbacker permission in skyHow:Administrators' noticeboard, provided they:

• Have at least 50 edits
• Are a user at least 1 week old since registration
• Have engaged in undoing unconstructive edits

Administrators

Administrators (sysop) are users who have been granted the technical ability to perform certain actions on skyHow (some of which include deleting/undeleting pages, protecting/unprotecting pages and blocking/unblocking users). Their role is mainly to help skyHow users and the community, as well as to maintain and protect it from vandalism and make sure that the policies are respected.

Appointment

Any registered user may be nominated or nominate themselves in skyHow:Requests for permissions for the administrator permission, provided they:

• Have at least 500 edits
• Are a user at least 1 month old since registration
• Have engaged with the community constructively

A request will be considered successful if all of the following conditions are met:

• At least 3 users support
• There is a support ratio of at least 60%
• A minimum period of five (5) days has elapsed since start of voting

A request will be deemed successful when closed by a bureaucrat after having achieved a 60% support ratio.

Interface administrators

Appointment

Any registered user may be nominated or nominate themselves in skyHow:Requests for permissions for the interface administrator permission, provided they:

• Have at least 500 edits
• Are a user at least 1 month old since registration
• Have engaged with the community constructively
• Have a clear and specific purpose for requesting the right
• Already hold one (or more) advanced user rights such as administrator, patroller or rollbacker, or other user group rights that demonstrate that they are trustworthy
• Have no recent history of blocks or other sanctions on skyHow (the granting bureaucrat has some discretion here in what is considered recent)

The following are optional, but recommended for security:

• Have confirmed, in writing, that they have a strong password on their user account
• Have two-factor authentication enabled on their account

A request will be considered successful if all of the following conditions are met:

• At least 3 users support
• There is a support ratio of at least 60%
• A minimum period of five (5) days has elapsed since start of voting

A request will be deemed successful when closed by a bureaucrat after having achieved a 60% support ratio.

Bureaucrats

Appointment

Any administrator may be nominated or nominate themselves in skyHow:Requests for permissions for the bureaucrat permission, provided they:

• Have at least 1,000 edits
• Performed at least 30 administrative logs within the past month
• Are an administrator for at least 1 month
• Have engaged with the community constructively

A request will be considered successful if all of the following conditions are met:

• At least 5 users support
• There is a support ratio of at least 70%
• A minimum period of seven (7) days has elapsed since start of voting

A request will be deemed successful when closed by a bureaucrat after having achieved a 70% support ratio.

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