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Any user account can be blocked, regardless of which user group(s) it belongs to. While the account is blocked, the blocking flag disables the user or IP's existing editing privileges depending on which block options are set by the administrator. A partial block still allows some parts of Wikipedia to be edited.
In computing, privilege is defined as the delegation of authority to perform security-relevant functions on a computer system. [1] A privilege allows a user to perform an action with security consequences. Examples of various privileges include the ability to create a new user, install software, or change kernel functions.
One of the administrative privileges is the ability to grant and revoke user groups, more commonly referred to under the misnomer permissions or rights. [1] Each user right has a set of prerequisites that candidates should generally meet.
A Wikipedia ban is a formal revocation of editing privileges on all or part of Wikipedia. A ban may be temporary and of fixed duration, or indefinite and potentially permanent. Blocks may be imposed as a technical measure to enforce a ban.
Privilege (law), a permission granted by law or other rules; Executive privilege, the claim by the President of the United States and other executives to immunity from legal process; Parliamentary privilege; Social privilege, special status or advantages conferred on certain groups at the expense of other groups, such as: White privilege; Male ...
This page enables administrators to handle requests for permissions on the English Wikipedia. Administrators are able to modify account creator, autopatrolled, confirmed, file mover, extended confirmed, mass message sender, new page reviewer, page mover, pending changes reviewer, rollback, and template editor rights, and AutoWikiBrowser access.
Privilege escalation is the act of exploiting a bug, a design flaw, or a configuration oversight in an operating system or software application to gain elevated access to resources that are normally protected from an application or user.
While the first Wikipedia administrators were appointed by Jimmy Wales in October 2001, [12] administrator privileges on Wikipedia are now granted through a process known as requests for adminship (RfA). [1] Registered editors may nominate themselves, or may request another editor to do so.