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Users with '''bureaucrat''' rights can manage user permissions.  They can add or remove rights from user accounts.  Typically, bureaucrats are [[sysop]]s additionally, because the first step to promote a user is to give him sysop rights.
'''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.


If you, as a bureaucrat, want to edit user rights, go to the page "User rights management" (over Special pages)
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]].


*Input the user name
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):
*click [edit user groups]
*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].
*you'll se two lists:
**left: the groups the user is ''member of''
**right: the ''available groups'' to the user
select on ore more items from one (or both) of the lists an the'll change the side if you click [Save User Groups] after having edited the "Reason for change:" field.


==See also==
;''See also
*[[Founder]]
*[[Owner]]
*[[WikiIndex:Staff]]
*[[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]]


[[Category:Wiki people|*]]
[[Category:Help]]
[[Category:Help]]

Latest revision as of 22:20, 31 May 2024

WikiIndex: Bureaucrats — people with bureaucrat (sometimes shortened to 'crat for brevity) user group rights on a MediaWiki wiki site can add or remove rights / permissions from other people's user accounts, including here on WikiIndex. Typically, bureaucrats are also sysops, because the first step to promote a person within a basic user account is to give them sysop, or '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 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 'emeritus' position, and may no longer take an active role in the running and administration of said wiki site. The most obvious example of an emeritus position is Jimmy Wales; founder of Wikipedia, who now leaves it to others to run the project.

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 here.

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 pages in the 'User' namespace):

  • Input the 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].
See also
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