Inkipedia:Policy/Rights

On a wiki, users have permissions, or rights, which allow or disallow them to perform certain actions.

Bureaucrats
Bureaucrats:
 * Are not better than other users.
 * Do not have more of a say in wiki matters than a user without bureaucrat rights.

Rights
On top of administrators' permissions, bureaucrats can:
 * Change user rights of users
 * Edit interwiki data
 * Rename users

Becoming a bureaucrat
You must first be an administrator to become a bureaucrat. The current administrators and bureaucrats must nominate you to become a bureaucrat.

Losing bureaucrat rights
Bureaucrats are kept until resignation or they are demoted by another bureaucrat.

Administrators
Administrators:
 * Are not better than other users.
 * Are not owners of the wiki.
 * Do not have more of a say in wiki matters than a user without administrator rights.

Rights
Administrators have access to some additional abilities than other users, including:
 * The ability to delete, restore, or view a deleted page. (Log)
 * The ability to delete or restore uploaded images and files.
 * The ability to protect a page so that only certain users can edit it, and permission to edit any protected page. (Log)
 * The ability to edit the site interface, such as the sidebar and sitenotice, or the site skin.
 * The ability to automatically undo (or rollback) edits by a specific user on a page.
 * The ability to block a user or IP from editing the wiki. (Log)
 * All patroller abilities.

Becoming an administrator
It takes a lot of work and experience to become an administrator. Below are some questions to help you decide whether or not you are actually ready for an administrative position. Once you feel you are ready, apply at Requests for Rights. If your nomination is successful you will become a permanent administrator. Good luck!
 * Are you online often?
 * Are you a good editor (with excellent use of the English language)?
 * Do you know intermediate-level wikicode (e.g. are you able to understand semi-complex wikicode by looking at it)?
 * Do you work well with other users?
 * Do you follow our policies?

Losing administrator rights
Once you are an administrator, you must be able to keep up administrator duties. Generally administrators are kept until:
 * Resignation
 * Inactivity
 * Impeached by the community

Interface administrators
Interface administrators:
 * Are not better than other users.
 * Do not have more of a say in wiki matters than a user without interface admin rights.
 * Have a high degree of technical knowledge for layout and design for the site as a whole, such as CSS and JavaScript.

Rights

 * Change system messages and notices
 * Edit sitewide CSS, JSON, and JavaScript

Becoming an interface administrator
Users with demonstrably high skill in these areas may apply for interface administrator at Inkipedia:Requests for Rights.

Losing interface administrator rights
As with regular Administrators, this position is generally perpetual unless inactive, resigned, or voted out by the community.

Patrollers
Patrollers:
 * Are not better than other users.
 * Do not have more of a say in wiki matters than a user without patroller rights.

In addition, users without patroller rights are not inherently untrustworthy.

Rights
Patrollership comes with three features:
 * Patrollers' own edits are automatically marked as patrolled.
 * Patrollers can mark others' edits as patrolled.
 * Patrollers can use the rollback tool to revert edits.

Becoming a patroller
Patroller rights can be received by being nominated/nominating yourself at Inkipedia:Requests for Rights. After a nomination, users will vote whether the nominated user should receive the rights.

Losing patroller rights
Removal of patroller rights does not require a voting process; patrollers who are inactive for an extended period of time or are abusing the rollback tool can be demoted by a single administrator.

Affiliate
An affiliate is an administrator (or similar position) on another NIWA wiki given a few extra tools to help make changes.

Rights

 * Quickly rollback a user's edits.
 * Automate text replacement.
 * Redirect suppression when moving pages.

Becoming an affiliate
Any user that wishes to receive affiliate rights should contact a Bureaucrat.

Losing affiliate rights
Removal of affiliate rights does not require a voting process; affiliates who are inactive for an extended period of time or are abusing the rollback tool can be demoted by a single administrator.