Help:Assigning permissions

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{{PD Help Page}}
 
{{PD Help Page}}
 
"'''Assigning permissions'''" means granting users extra rights within the wiki software (or revoking these rights). This is done by going to the [[Special:UserRights]] page, and adding users into a "group" which has specific rights. The first thing to note however, is that this action requires special permissions itself!  
 
"'''Assigning permissions'''" means granting users extra rights within the wiki software (or revoking these rights). This is done by going to the [[Special:UserRights]] page, and adding users into a "group" which has specific rights. The first thing to note however, is that this action requires special permissions itself!  
 
{{Admin tip|tip=See {{mediawiki|Manual:User rights}} and {{mediawiki|Manual:User rights management}} for information on fine grained permissions tweaks, and how to define new groups, or adjust existing groups to give different rights.
 
  
 
Note that this help page describes the '''default''' MediaWiki configuration, but every aspect of permissions is highly customisable with server config settings. You may wish to rewrite this help page to reflect your wiki configuration}}
 
Note that this help page describes the '''default''' MediaWiki configuration, but every aspect of permissions is highly customisable with server config settings. You may wish to rewrite this help page to reflect your wiki configuration}}

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