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"*": "<tr><td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\" id=\"mw-diff-left-l1\" >Line 1:</td>\n<td colspan=\"2\" class=\"diff-lineno\">Line 1:</td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"><big></del>'''<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">MediaWiki has been successfully installed.</del>'''<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"></big></del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{PD Help Page}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">"</ins>'''<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Assigning permissions</ins>'''<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">" means granting users extra rights within the wiki software (or revoking these rights). This is done by going to the [[Special:UserRights]] page, and adding users into a "group" which has specific rights. The first thing to note however, is that this action requires special permissions itself! </ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Consult the [http</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Contents </del>User<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">'s Guide] </del>for information on <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">using the wiki software</del>.</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{Admin tip|tip=See {{mediawiki|Manual</ins>:<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">User rights}} and {{mediawiki|Manual</ins>:User <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">rights management}} </ins>for information on <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">fine grained permissions tweaks, and how to define new groups, or adjust existing groups to give different rights</ins>.</div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td><td class='diff-marker'> </td><td class='diff-context'></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div>== <del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Getting started </del>==</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Note that this help page describes the '''default''' MediaWiki configuration, but every aspect of permissions is highly customisable with server config settings. You may wish to rewrite this help page to reflect your wiki configuration}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">http</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">//www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Manual</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Configuration_settings Configuration settings list</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">http</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">//www</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">mediawiki</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/wiki/Manual</del>:<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">FAQ MediaWiki FAQ</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>== <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Bureaucrats </ins>==  </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td class='diff-marker'>\u2212</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* </del>[<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">http</del>://<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">lists</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">wikimedia</del>.<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">org/mailman/listinfo</del>/mediawiki<del class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">-announce MediaWiki release mailing list</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">By default, you will need to be a 'Bureaucrat' (in the 'Bureaucrat' group) before you can access the </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[Special</ins>:<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">UserRights]] page</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Other users can always contact one of the bureaucrats to request a change of permissions</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Find out who these people are at [[Special</ins>:<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">ListUsers/bureaucrat</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">]. In a small wiki there might typically be only one such user.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">== Promoting users to Sysops and Bureaucrats ==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">The </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[Special</ins>:<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">UserRights]] page allows you (if you have access) to set which groups a user is in</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">A common task would be to put a user into the 'Sysop' group</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">This will grant the user various extra rights, such as deleting pages, and blocking users. See [[Help</ins>:<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Sysops and permissions</ins>]<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">] for more details.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Obviously giving a user such rights implies that you '''trust''' the user, both in terms of being non-malicious, and also as somebody with sufficient competence in using the wiki software, and in dealing with the wiki community. People hoping to become sysops should read </ins>[<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[Help</ins>:<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Sysops and permissions]]. However it should be noted that actions of a sysop user are (almost) entirely reversible, by other sysop users, and so it can be a good idea to dish out these extra permissions to a number of users in order to</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* spread the workload of day-to-day sysop operations such as blocking vandals and deleting pages.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* make things more democratic, and decrease any perception of a single dictator running the community</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* allow competent users the power they need to make progress with wiki refactoring.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* reward valued contributors</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">community members</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">== Processes ==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">If you have many sysops, you may start to need documented processes governing their actions. e.g. when should a page be protected versus leaving it unprotected? You may even reach the point where you need a documented procedure for deciding who gets to be a sysop, and who should have their sysop rights revoked. To manage all of this, you may wish to promote several users into the 'Bureaucrat' group (a smaller number of your most trusted users) to spread the workload managing the promoting</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">demoting of sysops</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\"> On some large wikis, users are voted in by other users before they are granted extra permissions, and sysops have their rights revoked by a committee who investigate accusations of misconduct</ins>. <ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Such processes are unlikely to be necessary in anything but the largest of wiki communities.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">== Other permissions ==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">Beyond promoting</ins>/<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">demoting of Sysops and Bureaucrats, you can also allow a user to operate as a 'bot', meaning their edits do not show up on recent changes.</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">== See also ==</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">* {{</ins>mediawiki<ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">|Manual:User_rights_management|Manual:User rights management}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div> </div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">{{Languages|Help:Assigning permissions}}</ins></div></td></tr>\n<tr><td colspan=\"2\"> </td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class=\"diffchange diffchange-inline\">[[Category:Help|Assigning permissions]</ins>]</div></td></tr>\n"
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