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People with '''bureaucrat''' rights can manage account permissions.  They can add or remove rights from people's accounts.  Typically, [[bureaucrat]]s are [[sysop]]s additionally, because the first step to promote a [[user]] account is to give them sysop rights.  Bureaucrats are basically the top-tier level of administrator on a [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] wiki all other [[Special:ListGroupRights|groups]] are technically subordinate to bureaucrats, and as such, actual numbers of bureaucrats are generally quite limited, for better or worse.
'''WikiIndex: Bureaucrats''' — {{tag|Wiki people|people}} with '''bureaucrat''' (sometimes shortened to ''''crat''' for brevity) {{tag|user group}} rights on a [[:Category:MediaWiki|MediaWiki]] wiki site can add or remove rights / permissions from other people's [[user]] accounts, including here on {{tag|WikiIndex}}.  Typically, [[bureaucrat]]s are also [[sysop]]s, because the first step to promote a person within a basic user account is to give them sysop, or '{{tag|admin}}' rights.  In terms of day-to-day operation of a [[wiki]] site, bureaucrats are basically (and typically) the top-tier level of administrator on a MediaWiki wiki site (with default configuration settings); nearly all other [[Special:ListGroupRights|groups]] are technically subordinate to bureaucrats, and as such, actual numbers of bureaucrats are generally quite limited, for better or worse.  Some MediaWiki sites might also have [[owner]] or [[founder]](s), which would be the absolute pinnacle of authority.  However, in reality, the owner or founder user groups are sometimes seen as a nod to a token gesture, because said persons may actually be an '{{Wp|emeritus}}' position, and may no longer take an active role in the running and administration of said [[WhatIsWiki|wiki]] site.  The most obvious example of an emeritus position is [[Jimmy Wales]]; founder of [[:Category:Wikipedia|Wikipedia]], who now leaves it to others to run the project.


As of August 2014, WikiIndex has 14 bureaucrats, although only 2 or 3 of them are are active on a daily basis.  The full list of WikiIndex bureaucrats can be found [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat|here]].
As of June 2024, [[WikiIndex]] has ten (10) bureaucrats, although only one or two of them are active on a daily or regular basis.  The full list of WikiIndex bureaucrats can be found [[Special:ListUsers/bureaucrat|here]].


If you, as a bureaucrat, want to edit an accounts rights, go to the page "User rights management" (over [[Special:SpecialPages]])
If you, as a bureaucrat, want to [[edit]] an accounts rights, go to the page 'User rights management' (from [[Special: SpecialPages]], can also be found in the [[sidebar]] when viewing [[user page]]s in the 'User' namespace):
*Input the [[Username|users name]] → click [edit user groups] → select on ore more items from the list.  Add an explanatory note in the 'Reason for change:' field, and then click [Save User Groups].


*Input the account name
;''See also
*click [edit user groups]
*[[Founder]]
select on ore more items from the list and then click [Save User Groups] after having edited the "Reason for change:" field.
*[[Owner]]
 
*[[WikiIndex:Staff]]
;See also
*[[Special:ListGroupRights]]
*[[WikiIndex:Administrators]]
*[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki]]
*[[:Category:Active administrators of this wiki]]
*[[WikiIndex:SMW administrators]]
*[[WikiIndex:SMWExtInfo]]
*[[Help:Group rights]]
*[[WikiIndex:Users]]


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