Group Rights

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The following is a list of the various user groups and their associated rights.

Legend:

  • Granted right
  • Revoked right
GroupRights
visitors
  • comment where enabled (comment)
  • edit discussion pages (edit)
  • read public pages (read)
  • submit inquiry directly to an attorney (inquiry)
  • submit question directly to the editor (question)
attorneys
(members)
  • bypass CAPTCHA test where enabled (skipcaptcha)
  • create account for another person (createaccount)
  • delete pages (delete)
  • edit Article namespace (editarticle)
  • edit Attorney Directory namespace (editdirectory)
  • edit Category namespace (editcategory)
  • edit Court Opinion namespace (editopinion)
  • edit Estates Code namespace (editestcode)
  • edit File namespace (editfile)
  • edit Help namespace (edithelp)
  • edit Historic Courthouse namespace (edithistoric)
  • edit Legal Definition namespace (editdefinition)
  • edit Legal Question namespace (editquestion)
  • edit Nonpublic Pages namespace (editnonpublic)
  • edit TLG namespace (editproject)
  • edit Texas Constitution namespace (edittexcon)
  • edit User namespace (edituser)
  • edit semiprotected pages (editsemiprotected)
  • mark edits as minor (minoredit)
  • modify the protection level for a page (protect)
  • move files (movefile)
  • move pages (move)
  • purge the cache for a page (purge)
  • search for deleted pages (browsearchive)
  • utilize the site's API (writeapi)
  • view deleted history entries (deletedhistory)
  • view text of deleted revisions (deletedtext)
autoconfirmed users
Bots
  • bypass CAPTCHA test where enabled (skipcaptcha)
bureaucrats
  • modify usernames (renameuser)
emailconfirmed
interface administrators
Suppressors
administrators
(members)
  • block a user from sending email (blockemail)
  • block a username, hiding it from the public (hideuser)
  • block other users from editing (block)
  • bypass CAPTCHA test where enabled (skipcaptcha)
  • bypass various system blocks (ipblock-exempt)
  • create account for another person (createaccount)
  • create database tags (managechangetags)
  • delete and undelete log entries (deletelogentry)
  • delete and undelete specific revisions (deleterevision)
  • delete database tags (deletechangetags)
  • delete pages (delete)
  • delete pages with large histories (bigdelete)
  • edit Article namespace (editarticle)
  • edit Attorney Directory namespace (editdirectory)
  • edit Category namespace (editcategory)
  • edit Court Opinion namespace (editopinion)
  • edit Estates Code namespace (editestcode)
  • edit File namespace (editfile)
  • edit Help namespace (edithelp)
  • edit Historic Courthouse namespace (edithistoric)
  • edit Legal Definition namespace (editdefinition)
  • edit Legal Question namespace (editquestion)
  • edit MediaWiki namespace (editinterface)
  • edit Nonpublic Pages namespace (editnonpublic)
  • edit TLG namespace (editproject)
  • edit Template namespace (edittemplate)
  • edit Texas Constitution namespace (edittexcon)
  • edit User namespace (edituser)
  • edit Widget namespace (editwidgets)
  • edit all user rights (userrights)
  • edit protected pages (editprotected)
  • edit semiprotected pages (editsemiprotected)
  • edit sitewide CSS file (editsitecss)
  • edit sitewide JavaScript file (editsitejs)
  • embed PDFs into pages (embed_pdf)
  • have edits automatically marked patrolled (autopatrol)
  • hide revisions from any user (suppressrevision)
  • import pages from a file upload (importupload)
  • import pages from other MediaWiki sites (import)
  • make sitewide text replacements (replacetext)
  • mark others' edits as patrolled (patrol)
  • merge the history of pages (mergehistory)
  • merge user account with another (usermerge)
  • modify the protection level for a page (protect)
  • modify usernames (renameuser)
  • move category pages (move-categorypages)
  • move files (movefile)
  • move pages (move)
  • move pages with their subpages (move-subpages)
  • move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
  • not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
  • override files on shared repository (reupload-shared)
  • overwrite existing files (reupload)
  • review user information and preferences (lookupuser)
  • rollback changes of last user who edited (rollback)
  • search for deleted pages (browsearchive)
  • suppress creation of redirects (suppressredirect)
  • unblock oneself (unblockself)
  • undelete a page (undelete)
  • upload files (upload)
  • view a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
  • view deleted history entries (deletedhistory)
  • view private logs (suppressionlog)
  • view revisions hidden from any user (viewsuppressed)
  • view text of deleted revisions (deletedtext)
non-attorneys
(members)
  • bypass CAPTCHA test where enabled (skipcaptcha)
  • create content pages (createpage)
  • create discussion pages (createtalk)
  • edit Category namespace (editcategory)
  • edit File namespace (editfile)
  • edit Help namespace (edithelp)
  • edit Historic Courthouse namespace (edithistoric)
  • edit Nonpublic Pages namespace (editnonpublic)
  • edit TLG namespace (editproject)
  • edit User namespace (edituser)
  • edit discussion pages (edit)
  • edit one's own information (editmyprivateinfo)
  • edit one's own preferences (editmyoptions)
  • edit one's own watchlist (editmywatchlist)
  • read public pages (read)
  • send message directly to another user (sendemail)
  • upload files (upload)
  • view one's own information (viewmyprivateinfo)
  • view one's own watchlist (viewmywatchlist)
Widget editors
  • edit Widget namespace (editwidgets)

Namespace restrictions

NamespaceRight(s) allowing user to edit
Article
  • edit Article namespace (editarticle)
User
  • edit User namespace (edituser)
TLG
  • edit TLG namespace (editproject)
File
  • edit File namespace (editfile)
MediaWiki
  • edit MediaWiki namespace (editinterface)
Template
  • edit Template namespace (edittemplate)
Help
  • edit Help namespace (edithelp)
Category
  • edit Category namespace (editcategory)
Attorney Directory
  • edit Attorney Directory namespace (editdirectory)
Texas Constitution
  • edit Texas Constitution namespace (edittexcon)
Court Opinion
  • edit Court Opinion namespace (editopinion)
Legal Question
  • edit Legal Question namespace (editquestion)
Legal Definition
  • edit Legal Definition namespace (editdefinition)
Nonpublic Pages
  • edit Nonpublic Pages namespace (editnonpublic)
Estates Code
  • edit Estates Code namespace (editestcode)
Historic Courthouse
  • edit Historic Courthouse namespace (edithistoric)
Widget
  • edit Widget namespace (editwidgets)