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)
  • API sabibu bukaata (writeapi)
  • 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 "Allow only autoconfirmed users" (editsemiprotected)
  • Have one's own edits automatically marked as patrolled (autopatrol)
  • Karimmi yaɣanima (read)
  • 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)
  • 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)
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)
Teebu sheŋa bi ni zaŋ kpehina (import)
  • Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
  • Import pages from other wikis (import)
Maliniŋ zaŋ ti paajinima ŋan pun biɛni (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)
  • Malimi yaɣa (edit)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
  • Merge Items (item-merge)
Maliniŋ zaŋ ti paajinima ŋan mali gubu (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 administrators" (editprotected)
  • 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 with potential legal consequences (edit-legal)
  • Edit protected templates (templateeditor)
  • Edit restricted pages (extendedconfirmed)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Malimi yaɣa (edit)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
  • Move pages with stable versions (movestable)
  • Override the disallowed titles or usernames list (tboverride)
Mali mi a CSS/JSON/JavaScript n-niŋ (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)
  • Malimi yaɣa (edit)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
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)
  • Malimi yaɣa (edit)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
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 JSON (editsitejson)
  • Edit sitewide JavaScript (editsitejs)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Edit the user interface (editinterface)
  • Malimi yaɣa (edit)
  • Maliniŋ sitewide CSS (editsitecss)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
Yoma,ka mali ka lahi vuui yaɣa (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)
  • Kpuɣimi paajinima (move)
  • Kpuɣimi paajinima ŋɔ mi di zaɣ' bihi (move-subpages)
  • Malimi yaɣa (edit)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
  • Move category pages (move-categorypages)
  • Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
  • Nami saawara gbaabu paajinima (createtalk)
  • Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
Zaŋmi kol' bihi pam kpɛhi (uploadfile)
  • Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself (reupload-own)
  • Upload files (upload)
Zaŋ lɔhi, zaŋzalizaani, ka kpuɣi faalinima (uploadeditmovefile)
  • Kpuɣimi faalinima ŋɔ (movefile)
  • 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 (upload)
  • Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
Patrɔ taɣibu zaŋ ti paajinima (patrol)
  • Mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
Labisimi taɣibu shɛŋa a ni niŋ paajinima maa zuɣu (rollback)
  • Quickly rollback the edits of the last user who edited a particular page (rollback)
Bin kpari shɛba mini bɛ ni kparigi shɛba (blockusers)
  • Block or unblock a user from sending email (blockemail)
  • Block or unblock other users from editing (block)
Lihimi faalinima mini paajinima shɛŋa ŋan nyahi (viewdeleted)
  • View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
  • View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
  • Vihibo paaji shɛŋa bɛ ni nyahi (browsearchive)
Lihimi kpɛbu shɛŋa bɛ ni gu a ka mɔŋ (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 private logs (suppressionlog)
  • View the disallowed titles list log (titleblacklistlog)
  • View the spam block list log (spamblacklistlog)
Paajinima ŋan nyahi, labiyuli,nti pahi kpɛbu soya (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)
  • Delete pages with large histories (bigdelete)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Malimi yaɣa (edit)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
  • Mass delete pages (nuke)
  • Undelete a page (undelete)
  • View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
  • View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
  • Vihibo paaji shɛŋa bɛ ni nyahi (browsearchive)
  • Yahimi yaɣanima (delete)
Sɔɣimi ban su ka dahim labiyulinima (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)
Paajinima ŋan mali gubu ni ŋan ka gubu (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 "Allow only administrators" (editprotected)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Malimi yaɣa (edit)
  • Mark edits as minor (minoredit)
Yulimi a ni yuunishɛŋa (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)
Talimi email satara nti ban mali tumda (sendemail)
  • Send email to other users (sendemail)
Nam mi akɔntinima (createaccount)
  • Create new user accounts (createaccount)
  • Override the disallowed usernames list (tboverride-account)
  • Override the spoofing checks (override-antispoof)
Access private information (privateinfo)
  • View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) (viewmyprivateinfo)
Paajinima taarihi zaŋ' laɣim (mergehistory)
  • Merge the history of pages (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)
  • Lihimi IP fasara nima shɛli bɛ ni zaŋ saha bela akuanti nima niŋ ŋɔ ka di bɛ bori suhiyurilim lihibu (checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference)
  • View IP addresses used by temporary accounts (checkuser-temporary-account)
  • 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.