Grants

The following is a list of grants with their associated access to user rights. Users can authorize applications to use their account, but with limited permissions based on the grants the user gave to the application. An application acting on behalf of a user cannot actually use rights that the user does not have however. There may be additional information about individual rights.

GrantRights
Basic rights (basic)
  • Automatically log in with an external user account (autocreateaccount)
  • Bypass IP blocks, auto-blocks and range blocks (ipblock-exempt)
  • Bypass automatic blocks of Tor exit nodes (torunblocked)
  • Bypass global IP blocks (globalblock-exempt)
  • Edit pages protected as "ያልተመዘገቡና አዲስ ተጠቃሚዎችን አግድ።" (editsemiprotected)
  • Not have minor edits to discussion pages trigger the new messages prompt (nominornewtalk)
  • Perform CAPTCHA-triggering actions without having to go through the CAPTCHA (skipcaptcha)
  • Use of the write API (writeapi)
  • View a list of unwatched pages (unwatchedpages)
  • View detailed abuse log entries (abusefilter-log-detail)
  • View recent changes patrol marks (patrolmarks)
  • በከፊል የተቆለፉት ገጾች ለማረም (autoconfirmed)
  • የራሱ ለውጦች በቀጥታ የተሣለፉ ሆነው መመልከት (autopatrol)
  • የጥፋት ማጣሪያዎችን ለማየት (abusefilter-view)
  • የጥፋትን መዝገብ ለማየት (abusefilter-log)
  • ገጾችን ለማንበብ (read)
High-volume (bot) access (highvolume)
  • Be treated as an automated process (bot)
  • Not be affected by rate limits (noratelimit)
  • Send a message to multiple users at once (massmessage)
  • Use higher limits in API queries (apihighlimits)
  • rollback ሲደረግ እንደ bot ለማመልከት (markbotedits)
Import revisions (import)
  • Import pages from a file upload (importupload)
  • ከሌላ ዊኪ ገጾችን ለማስገባት (import)
Edit existing pages (editpage)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Change Item terms (labels, descriptions, aliases) (item-term)
  • Change Property terms (labels, descriptions, aliases) (property-term)
  • Create Item redirects (item-redirect)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Merge Items (item-merge)
  • ለውጦችን ጥቃቅን ሆኖ ለማመልከት (minoredit)
  • ገጾችን ለማዘጋጀት (edit)
Edit protected pages (editprotected)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Bypass blocked external domains (abusefilter-bypass-blocked-external-domains)
  • Bypass the spam block list (sboverride)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autopatrollers" (editautopatrolprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autopatrollers" (editextendedsemiprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoreviewers" (editautoreviewprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only editors" (editeditorprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "Allow only trusted users" (edittrustedprotected)
  • Edit pages protected as "መጋቢዎች ብቻ" (editprotected)
  • Edit pages with potential legal consequences (edit-legal)
  • Edit protected templates (templateeditor)
  • Edit restricted pages (extendedconfirmed)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Move pages with stable versions (movestable)
  • Override the disallowed titles or usernames list (tboverride)
  • ለውጦችን ጥቃቅን ሆኖ ለማመልከት (minoredit)
  • ገጾችን ለማዘጋጀት (edit)
Edit your user CSS/JSON/JavaScript (editmycssjs)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Edit your own user CSS files (editmyusercss)
  • Edit your own user JSON files (editmyuserjson)
  • Edit your own user JavaScript files (editmyuserjs)
  • ለውጦችን ጥቃቅን ሆኖ ለማመልከት (minoredit)
  • ገጾችን ለማዘጋጀት (edit)
Edit your user preferences and JSON configuration (editmyoptions)
  • Edit your own preferences (editmyoptions)
  • Edit your own user JSON files (editmyuserjson)
Edit the MediaWiki namespace and sitewide/user JSON (editinterface)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Edit other users' JSON files (edituserjson)
  • Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Edit the user interface (editinterface)
  • ለውጦችን ጥቃቅን ሆኖ ለማመልከት (minoredit)
  • ገጾችን ለማዘጋጀት (edit)
Edit sitewide and user CSS/JS (editsiteconfig)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Edit other users' CSS files (editusercss)
  • Edit other users' JSON files (edituserjson)
  • Edit other users' JavaScript files (edituserjs)
  • Edit sitewide CSS (editsitecss)
  • Edit sitewide JSON (editsitejson)
  • Edit sitewide JavaScript (editsitejs)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Edit the user interface (editinterface)
  • ለውጦችን ጥቃቅን ሆኖ ለማመልከት (minoredit)
  • ገጾችን ለማዘጋጀት (edit)
Create, edit, and move pages (createeditmovepage)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Create Properties (property-create)
  • Delete single revision redirects (delete-redirect)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Move category pages (move-categorypages)
  • Move root user pages (move-rootuserpages)
  • Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
  • ለውጦችን ጥቃቅን ሆኖ ለማመልከት (minoredit)
  • የውይይት ገጽ ለመፍጠር (createtalk)
  • ገጾች ለመፍጠር (ውይይት ገጾች ያልሆኑትን) (createpage)
  • ገጾችን ለማዘጋጀት (edit)
  • ገጾችን ለማዛወር (move)
  • ገጾችን ከነንዑስ ገጾቻቸው ለማዛወር (move-subpages)
Upload new files (uploadfile)
  • Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself (reupload-own)
  • ፋይሎችን ለመላክ (upload)
Upload, replace, and move files (uploadeditmovefile)
  • Not create redirects from source pages when moving pages (suppressredirect)
  • Override files on the shared media repository locally (reupload-shared)
  • Overwrite existing files (reupload)
  • Overwrite existing files uploaded by oneself (reupload-own)
  • Reset failed or transcoded videos so they are inserted into the job queue again (transcode-reset)
  • Upload files from a URL (upload_by_url)
  • ፋይሎችን ለመላክ (upload)
  • ፋይሎችን ለማዛወር (movefile)
Patrol changes to pages (patrol)
  • የሰው ለውጦች የተሣለፉ ሆነው ለማመልከት (patrol)
Rollback changes to pages (rollback)
  • አንድ ገጽ መጨረሻ የለወጠውን ተጠቃሚ ለውጦች በፍጥነት rollback ለማድረግ (rollback)
Block and unblock users (blockusers)
  • ተጠቃሚ ኢ-ሜል ከመላክ ለመከልከል (blockemail)
  • ተጠቃሚዎችን ከማዘጋጀት ለማገድ (block)
View deleted files and pages (viewdeleted)
  • View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
  • View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
  • የጠፉትን ገጾች ለመፈለግ (browsearchive)
View restricted log entries (viewrestrictedlogs)
  • View abuse filters marked as private (abusefilter-view-private)
  • View hidden abuse log entries (abusefilter-hidden-log)
  • View log entries of abuse filters marked as private (abusefilter-log-private)
  • View the disallowed titles list log (titleblacklistlog)
  • View the spam block list log (spamblacklistlog)
  • የግል መዝገቦች ለማየት (suppressionlog)
Delete pages, revisions, and log entries (delete)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Delete and undelete specific log entries (deletelogentry)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • Mass delete pages (nuke)
  • View deleted history entries, without their associated text (deletedhistory)
  • View deleted text and changes between deleted revisions (deletedtext)
  • ለውጦችን ጥቃቅን ሆኖ ለማመልከት (minoredit)
  • በገጾች የተወሰኑትን እትሞች ለማጥፋትና ለመመልስ (deleterevision)
  • ትልቅ የእትም ታሪክ ያላቸውን ገጾች ለማጥፋት (bigdelete)
  • የጠፉትን ገጾች ለመፈለግ (browsearchive)
  • የጠፋውን ገጽ ለመመልስ (undelete)
  • ገጾችን ለማዘጋጀት (edit)
  • ገጾችን ለማጥፋት (delete)
Hide users and suppress revisions (oversight)
  • Hide entries in the abuse log (abusefilter-hide-log)
  • View revisions hidden from any user (viewsuppressed)
  • ከመጋቢዎቹ የተደበቁትን እትሞች አይቶ ለመመልስ (suppressrevision)
Protect and unprotect pages (protect)
  • Add and remove arbitrary tags on individual revisions and log entries (changetags)
  • Apply tags along with one's changes (applychangetags)
  • Edit pages protected as "መጋቢዎች ብቻ" (editprotected)
  • Edit the content model of a page (editcontentmodel)
  • ለውጦችን ጥቃቅን ሆኖ ለማመልከት (minoredit)
  • የመቆለፍ ደረጃ ለመቀይርና የተቆለፉትን ገጾች ለማረም (protect)
  • ገጾችን ለማዘጋጀት (edit)
View your watchlist (viewmywatchlist)
  • View your own watchlist (viewmywatchlist)
Edit your watchlist (editmywatchlist)
  • Edit your own watchlist (note that some actions will still add pages even without this right) (editmywatchlist)
Send email to other users (sendemail)
  • ወደ ሌላ አባል ኢ-ሜል ለመላክ (sendemail)
Create accounts (createaccount)
  • Override the disallowed usernames list (tboverride-account)
  • Override the spoofing checks (override-antispoof)
  • አዳዲስ አባልነቶችን ለመፍጠር (createaccount)
Access private information (privateinfo)
  • View your own private data (e.g. email address, real name) (viewmyprivateinfo)
Merge page histories (mergehistory)
  • የገጾች እትሞችን ታሪክ ለመዋሐድ (mergehistory)
Create short URLs (shortenurls)
  • Create short URLs (urlshortener-create-url)
Globally block or unblock a user (globalblock)
  • Make and remove global blocks (globalblock)
Manage global account status (setglobalaccountstatus)
  • Lock or unlock global account (centralauth-lock)
  • Suppress or hide global account (centralauth-suppress)
Forcibly create a local account for a global account (createlocalaccount)
  • Forcibly create a local account for a global account (centralauth-createlocal)
Manage your OAuth clients (oauthmanageownclient)
  • Manage OAuth grants (mwoauthmanagemygrants)
  • Propose new OAuth consumers (mwoauthproposeconsumer)
  • Update OAuth consumers you control (mwoauthupdateownconsumer)
Access two-factor authentication (OATH) information for self and others (oath)
  • Query and validate OATH information for self and others (oathauth-api-all)
  • Verify whether a user has two-factor authentication enabled (oathauth-verify-user)
Access checkuser data (checkuser)
  • Check users' IP addresses and other information (checkuser)
  • View the checkuser log (checkuser-log)
Access checkuser data for temporary accounts (checkuser-temporary-account)
  • View IP addresses used by temporary accounts (checkuser-temporary-account)
  • View IP addresses used by temporary accounts without needing to check the preference (checkuser-temporary-account-no-preference)
  • View the log of access to temporary account IP addresses (checkuser-temporary-account-log)
Manage mentorship (managementorship)
  • Enroll as a mentor (enrollasmentor)
  • Manage the list of mentors (managementors)
  • Set user's mentor (setmentor)

OAuth-specific grants

These additional grants are applicable to OAuth consumers.

GrantRights
User identity verification only, no ability to read pages or act on a user's behalf.
User identity verification only with access to real name and email address, no ability to read pages or act on a user's behalf.