Help:User rights

All Wikia contributors have access to read and contribute to all of our wikis. A number of special user roles also exist on Wikia with advanced user rights, in order to help prevent spam and vandalism. Below is a description of these rights.

All users
Anyone can read the wiki as well as create new pages and edit unprotected pages, including users without a user account.

Logged-in users
Users who have created an account and logged in can:


 * customize the appearance and features of the wiki by setting their preferences.
 * upload an image or other file to the wiki.
 * bookmark pages to their watchlist
 * maintain a user profile and talk page
 * request lost password and account information

Administrators
Admins are trusted users, who are generally chosen by the community and can:

For more details, see the Help:Administrators' how-to guide.
 * delete pages and page histories
 * delete and undelete uploaded images, files and pages.
 * lock (protect) a page so it cannot be edited or renamed by users without admin rights.
 * block an user name or IP address from editing.
 * revert bad edits
 * edit the wiki's skin and format

Bureaucrats
A bureaucrat is a user who is already a trusted admin, with the same rights as admins plus the ability to:
 * make other users into admins bureaucrats
 * grant and revoke and rollback rights

Rollback permission
Anyone can revert vandalism and bad-faith edits, but it takes a couple of clicks in the page history to get it done. Users with the "rollback" permission are able to undo bad edits with one click, by using the rollback link on diff pages and user contributions list.

It is important to note that admins and bureaucrats have rollback rights, but users with Rollback rights not necessarily always and admin or a bureaucrat.

Founders
If you are a wiki's founder, you are automatically given admin and bureaucrat rights. This allows you to edit the wiki's skin and format. Once more contributors join you, it's a good idea to appoint trusted users as admins.

Bots
A "bot" is any automated process, program, or script that make it easier for a user to make tedious or repetitive edits on a wiki. When a bot makes many edits in quick succession, the recent changes log can sometimes be overtaken by quick and repetitive edits, making it harder to spot more substantial edits by regular users. Giving an account a "bot flag" will hide these edits from the RecentChanges list (although any editor can still choose to see them by clicking "show bots").

On Wikia, a user who wishes to use a bot should set up a separate account for it, then talk with other users on the wiki about whether the types of edits the bot makes should be hidden.

VSTF
The Volunteer Spam Task Force, abbreviated to "VSTF", are experienced and involved Wikians who have administrator access to all Wikia. They also have tools allowing them to combat cross-wiki spam and vandalism. See Help:SpamTaskForce for more info, or Special:ListUsers/vstf for a list.

Helpers
Helpers consist of contractors and volunteer interns who are working for Wikia. They have administrator access to all of Wikia's wikis. See Help:Helper Group for more info, or Special:ListUsers/helper for a list.

Staff
Staff are Wikia employees and they have full access to all Wikia wikis. They are shown in Special:Listusers/staff on any wiki, and often have a special Staff signature when the sign their comments. Staff have tools to support them in helping to maintain all of Wikia. Please see Help:Contacting Wikia for details on how to contact Wikia staff.

What can't blocked users do?
If a user is suspected of breaking Wikia's Terms of Use or a local community's guidelines, they may be blocked by an admin or staff. Blocked users can't:
 * Edit pages
 * Move pages
 * Upload files

In some cases, blocked users are also prevented from emailing other users, creating new accounts, and editing their own user talk page.

How can I find different users?
See Special:ListUsers and choose the "administrators", "rollback", or "bureaucrats" check boxes, and click "Show". If you are logged in, you will see a column showing the date of the user's most recent edit, so you can find users that have been active most recently.

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