User:Xbony2/Sandbox/Groups

A work in progress proposal, to be better then User:Retep998/Sandbox/Groups.

Main groups
(All of these groups gain the rights of the former group)

Bureaucrat
Have the power to assign groups to users, but only after going through the proper procedures such as votes. Staff can be promoted to bureaucrat by consensus of the bureaucrats.

Admin
Can edit all protected pages. Staff can be promoted to admin by consensus of the bureaucrats and admins.

Staff
Can edit most, but not all protected pages. Becoming staff requires a vote by the existing staff. Responsible for patrolling edits, bans, and making sure articles are written correctly using the proper templates and stuff. Can edit the oredict, although significant oredict imports must be done using a bot.

Editor
Can edit some protected pages. Can move and delete pages and upload over existing files. Edits are automatically patrolled. Can be granted by any staff. Should be an "easy-to-get" group. Can have a bot for the purpose of mass edits.

Regular user
Can't edit protected pages. Can move and upload over their own files. Edits need patrolling.

Official translator
Extension of Staff. Responsible for translating pages to a certain language. Can be granted by a translation admin.

Translation admin
Extension of translator. Responsible for marking pages for translation and making sure translations are done correctly. Staff can be promoted to translation admin by consensus of the translation admins.

Sponsored mod curators
Extension of editor. Editors that are chosen by the developers of the mod. Responsible for writing and updating pages on their mod.

Bots
For bots only. Have increased gains for using the MediaWiki API. Should be approved by staff. If not created by a member of staff+, should be open-sourced.

Curse
Member of Curse, appointed by Curse, do Curse-things.

CurseBot
Appointed by Curse, do Curse-things.