Forum:Add user group?

Is it possible for me to add another user group in a wiki using Special:Contact? e.g. The RuneScape Wiki has a "Forum Admin" group. -- .. Jeff  (Talk!)   (Contribs!)   (Email!)   (Blog!) .. 03:24, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Whether or not a group is added all depends on what you're asking for but, yes, you can ask via Special:Contact for that. - Brandon Rhea (talk) 03:58, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * The Forum Admin can moderate the phpBB Forums. —Manyman (talk) 06:04, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh. Well, how in the universe did the RuneScape Wiki persuade Wikia to host phpBB Forums? Doesn't Wikia have their own forum system, the one we're using right now? (Sounds weird to me) -- .. Jeff   (Talk!)   (Contribs!)   (Email!)   (Blog!) ..  11:59, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * They are different types of forums for different types of uses. 13:02, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Is it possible to request a new user group that can rollback, block users, and delete pages? (no big delete) -- .. Jeff   (Talk!)   (Contribs!)   (Email!)   (Blog!) ..  13:18, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * You mean an admin (SysOp)? ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  ☆ 14:36, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Sigh... NO NO NO I mean a new user group. Don't look at me like I'm an idiot, please. -- .. Jeff   (Talk!)   (Contribs!)   (Email!)   (Blog!) ..  14:42, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * So, you want to make a new user group that can use rollback, block users and delete pages. Or do you just want to change the name of administrators or something? ☆ The   Solar   Dragon  ☆ 15:24, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Yes, a totally new group that can rollback, block, and delete! -- .. Jeff   (Talk!)   (Contribs!)   (Email!)   (Blog!) <font color="white" size="3">..  17:43, September 18, 2010 (UTC)

You don't need to ask if it's possible to send a message to Special:Contact about something. You can just do it. Send it from your wiki and give us the information on what you want, and we'll see what we can do. =) - <font color="#1A2BBB">Brandon Rhea <font color="#1A2BBB">(talk) 15:26, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Okay, I will talk it over with the community! Thanks everybody! -- <font color="white" size="4">.. <span style="color:blue; border-bottom:1px dotted; style:Malgun Gothic; cursor:help;" title="Hello!! I was probably helping at the forums, or I was just translating st00f!">Jeff   (Talk!)   (Contribs!)   (Email!)   (Blog!) <font color="white" size="3">..  17:43, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * When requesting a new user group you need to be able to identify why you can't use the groups that already exist; why can't you use sysop in this case? Block, delete, rollback? That, with a few more things, are what generally make up sysop. What differentiates that from the pre-existent sysop group? Can you not trust the people with it from using the rights you don't want them to have? Be sure you know why you can't use a pre-existent group and what exactly the rights this new group gets. Alternatives may be to give more rights to the rollback group, or preferably just using sysop. Regardless, just remember to be precise. Joey (talk) 20:05, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Oh, and those forums you're talking about are an old, now unsupported, extension that crossed PHPbb with MediaWiki. You can't get those on your wiki now and only like 3 wikis have them, however Wikia is currently developing a new, better way to achieve a cool forum, based within mediawiki. stay tuned. Joey (talk) 20:05, September 18, 2010 (UTC)


 * Link or it doesn't exist. -- Duskey talk 23:35, September 18, 2010 (UTC)
 * http://trac.wikia-code.com/browser/wikia/releases/201009.2/extensions/3rdparty/awc Joey (talk) 19:46, September 19, 2010 (UTC)

I just hope those MediaWiki forums need special rights to access them, that is not in adminship (the only reason is because forums and wikis are two different things). -- <font color="white" size="4">.. <span style="color:blue; border-bottom:1px dotted; style:Malgun Gothic; cursor:help;" title="Hello!! I was probably helping at the forums, or I was just translating st00f!">Jeff  (Talk!)   (Contribs!)   (Email!)   (Blog!) <font color="white" size="3">.. 23:11, September 20, 2010 (UTC)