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The wiki staff may decide, from time to time, to grant Moderator status to active, reputable, and responsible editors. Requests for staff access level will not be entertained, however endorsements for other editors' may be considered.
The wiki staff may decide, from time to time, to grant Moderator status to active, reputable, and responsible editors. Requests for staff access level will not be entertained, however endorsements for other editors' may be considered.
There are currently '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:administrator}}''' administrators and '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:moderator}}''' moderators.
== Trusted users ==
== Trusted users ==
If you have been especially active in contributing, a staff member may grant this access level to you. You may also request this access level by contacting one of the staff; however, repeated requests may warrant sanctions.
If you have been especially active in contributing, a staff member may grant this access level to you. You may also request this access level by contacting one of the staff; however, repeated requests may warrant sanctions.
There are currently '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:trusted}}''' trusted users.
== Special access levels ==
== Special access levels ==
==== Keepers of the Keys ====
==== Keepers of the Keys ====
The '''Keepers of the Keys''' are administrators who have the rights to assign and remove access levels from all other users, including '''Administrators'''. ''The keys to the kingdom.''
The '''Keepers of the Keys''' are administrators who have the rights to assign and remove access levels from all other users, including other administarotrs.
The origin of this access group is derived from the principle of there being multiple administrators with high-level access to the wiki, to ensure that there is always someone available to administer the wiki and if necessary, take control of the wiki if the other administrators are out-of-contact and unreachable.
There are currently '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:root}}''' keepers of the keys.
==== Interface administrators ====
==== Interface administrators ====
'''Interface administrators''' are editors who are given editing access to the MediaWiki interface CSS and JS files.
'''Interface administrators''' are editors who are given editing access to the MediaWiki interface CSS and JS files, through the <code>MediaWiki</code> namespace.
There are currently '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:interface-admin}}''' interface administrators.
=== Check users ====
'''Check users''' are editors who have access to a log that lists out usernames used by which IPs and IPs used by which usernames. As this tool can be used to personally identify users through their IP, access is restricted to those who may need need, and use of the checkuser tool is strictly monitored.
There are currently '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:checkuser}}''' check users.
==== Suppressors ====
==== Suppressors ====
'''Suppressors''' are editors who can hide revisions and log entries from users (and even administrators), in cases such as personal information being posted. As this is a powerful tool, access is restricted to those who may need it, and use of the suppression tools are strictly monitored.
'''Suppressors''' are editors who can hide revisions and log entries from users (and even administrators), in cases such as personal information being posted. As this is a powerful tool, access is restricted to those who may need it, and use of the suppression tools are strictly monitored.
There are currently '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:suppress}}''' suppressors.
==== Autoconfirmed users ====
==== Autoconfirmed users ====
'''Autoconfirmed users''' are editors who have at least 5 edits and their account is at least 14 days old.
'''Autoconfirmed users''' are editors who have at least 5 edits and their account is at least 14 days old.
Currently, these users are only not affected by IP-based rate limits (the <code>autoconfirmed</code> right).
Currently, these users are only not affected by IP-based rate limits (the <code>autoconfirmed</code> right).
There are currently '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:autoconfirmed}}''' autoconfirmed users.
==== Bots ====
==== Bots ====
'''Bots''' are programs that do automated tasks. ''Beep boop.''
'''Bots''' are programs that do automated or mass-editing tasks, which may be tedious or impossible to perform manually.
There are currently '''{{NUMBERINGROUP:bot}}''' bots.