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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Changes to user group rights}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:Changes to user group rights}} | ||
''' | '''Release date: 9 October 2014''' | ||
Today we will rolled out a significant change to user groups and user rights. Read on for details. | |||
== Changes to user group rights == | == Changes to user group rights == | ||
Briefly: All registered users | Briefly: All registered users now have additional, useful privileges, such as the ability to move pages. Most users who currently belong to bureaucrat or sysop groups have been removed from those groups. | ||
=== Why are we making these changes? === | === Why are we making these changes? === | ||
To ensure that MozillaWiki is curated and maintained efficiently, we need a coherent process for organizing users and groups. | To ensure that MozillaWiki is curated and maintained efficiently, we need a coherent process for organizing users and groups. | ||
Prior to now there has been no process. Users who wanted access to additional features requested they be added to user groups and those requests were granted without a vetting process. Additionally, features normally available to regular users, such as move, were not available to them on MozillaWiki. | Prior to now there has been no process. Users who wanted access to additional features requested they be added to user groups and those requests were granted without a consistent, documented vetting process. Additionally, features normally available to regular users, such as move, were not available to them on MozillaWiki. | ||
As such, a great many users belong to bureaucrat and sysop groups unnecessarily. These groups have powerful privileges that should be granted to users who understand those privileges and who commit to mindful administration of the wiki. | As such, a great many users belong to bureaucrat and sysop groups unnecessarily. These groups have powerful privileges that should be granted to users who understand those privileges and who commit to mindful administration of the wiki. | ||
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* The anti-spam group will have the ability delete pages, block users, patrol pages and rollback several edits at once. | * The anti-spam group will have the ability delete pages, block users, patrol pages and rollback several edits at once. | ||
For a complete list of the new group rights that | For a complete list of the new group rights that has been rolled out, view [[Special:ListGroupRights]]. | ||
To recognize the contributions of previous Administrators and Bureaucrats, we have also created a special [[MozillaWiki:Emeritus#Bureaucrats and Sysops emeriti|Bureaucrats and Sysops emeriti]] group. | |||
=== How can I try out the new group rights to make sure I will be able to do my work? === | === How can I try out the new group rights to make sure I will be able to do my work? === | ||
You can log into the dev MozillaWiki. The same username and password you use on MozillaWiki should work unless you've changed it within the past month. (The dev wiki is running on an older snapshot of the database.) | You can log into the dev MozillaWiki. The same username and password you use on MozillaWiki should work unless you've changed it within the past month. (The dev wiki is running on an older snapshot of the database.) | ||
''Note: We left out an important bit of instruction here, which was to let us know in #wiki that you wanted to try this out in dev so we could adjust your rights there as they were to be adjusted in production. Apologies for any confusion this caused.'' | |||
=== How can I request to be added to a user group such as Anti-spam, Bureaucrat, Administrators (sysop), etc.? === | === How can I request to be added to a user group such as Anti-spam, Bureaucrat, Administrators (sysop), etc.? === | ||
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== Acknowledgements == | == Acknowledgements == | ||
Thank you [[User:GPHemsley]], [[User:CLiang]], and everyone else who reported bugs and helped with this release! | |||
== Notice any issues? == | == Notice any issues? == | ||