User rights log

This is a log of changes to user rights performed locally by users ("manual" changes) or by system rules ("automatic" changes). You may enter either or both of:

• Performer – the name of the user who changed the rights (just their name)
• Target – the name of the user whose rights were changed (written with the prefix User:)

The list of user groups and their associated permissions is on Special:ListGroupRights.

The log does not show:

• Changes of rights by stewards (such as checkuser and oversight user rights) – see the meta global rights log (Enter usernames like this: User:Doe@enwiki)
• Local rights changes made prior to 24 December 2004 – see Wikipedia:Bureaucrat log.

• 20:45, 21 December 2023 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for President Loki from extended confirmed user to (none) (Clear gaming of the ECP restriction, see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=1191150452#User:President_Loki)
• 04:01, 25 March 2023 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for CrusaderForTruth2023 from (none) to confirmed user (However, I did not intend to remove their confirmed status.)
• 03:59, 25 March 2023 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for CrusaderForTruth2023 from extended confirmed user to (none) (Gamed our rules in order to become extended confirmed, and then used that status to edit war and disrupt.)
• 20:36, 5 February 2023 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Chris troutman from autopatrolled, extended confirmed user, page mover, new page reviewer and rollbacker to autopatrolled, extended confirmed user, new page reviewer and rollbacker (User request: does not need this right any more)
• 08:11, 30 October 2022 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for MoviesandTelevisionFan from autopatrolled and extended confirmed user to extended confirmed user (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=1119017328#Utterly_horrendously_written_articles_from_an_auto_patrolled_user)
• 10:43, 12 August 2021 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Menu maharaj from extended confirmed user to (none) (Disruptive editing)
• 08:45, 8 February 2021 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Beyond My Ken from autopatrolled, extended confirmed user, page mover, file mover, new page reviewer and pending changes reviewer to autopatrolled, extended confirmed user, page mover, file mover, new page reviewer, pending changes reviewer and rollbacker (BMK promptly reverted their use of rollback to edit war. Restoring rollback after discussion.)
• 20:05, 15 February 2019 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Flooded with them hundreds from autopatrolled and extended confirmed user to autopatrolled, extended confirmed user, pending changes reviewer, rollbacker, template editor and new page reviewer (Restore rights per user request, after consultation with Primefac.)
• 16:27, 4 December 2018 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Abelmoschus Esculentus from extended confirmed user and pending changes reviewer to extended confirmed user, pending changes reviewer and rollbacker (Restoring rollback after the user has improved their practice, with a caution to continue giving priority to quality over speed.)
• 17:06, 23 August 2018 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Abelmoschus Esculentus from extended confirmed user, pending changes reviewer and rollbacker to extended confirmed user and pending changes reviewer (Removing rollback because of persistent misuse. The user can re-request it in a couple of months, provided they have shown the understand WP:BLANKING, which has also been a problem.)
• 18:18, 10 September 2017 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Atulsnischal from autopatrolled, extended confirmed user and pending changes reviewer to extended confirmed user and pending changes reviewer (Removing the autopatrolled right because the user doesn't actually appear to be sufficiently "familiar with Wikipedia's policies and guidelines, especially those on biographies of living persons, copyrights, verifiability and notability")
• 20:46, 17 May 2017 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Justlettersandnumbers from autopatrolled, extended confirmed user, page mover and new page reviewer to autopatrolled, extended confirmed user, page mover, new page reviewer and rollbacker (Request at https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&diff=780900701&oldid=780900584)
• 19:48, 13 November 2016 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Rencoyote from (none) to confirmed user (The user has only been here two days, but has a legitimate need to edit ANI, which is under temporary semi.)
• 11:37, 13 November 2016 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Giano from autopatrolled, extended confirmed user and rollbacker to autopatrolled and extended confirmed user (Removing rollbacker rights per user request)
• 12:16, 16 July 2014 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for DHeyward from pending changes reviewer and rollbacker to pending changes reviewer, rollbacker and template editor (Template editor by divine intervention. Also conforms well to WP:Template editor guidelines.)
• 18:24, 2 July 2014 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Anthonyhcole from pending changes reviewer to pending changes reviewer and template editor (Highly active user, with flawless editing of late years, plus he calls me "godess".)
• 20:50, 9 March 2014 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Giano from autopatrolled to autopatrolled and rollbacker (Restore rollback. Experienced user, doughty vandal fighter.)
• 16:58, 15 January 2013 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Vera Corpus (Miss) from (none) to rollbacker (More experienced than she looks)
• 11:16, 15 January 2013 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Giano from (none) to rollbacker and autopatrolled (Experienced user)
• 23:01, 13 January 2013 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Darwinfish from (none) to rollbacker (Experienced sock of me)
• 23:00, 13 January 2013 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for Darwinbish from (none) to rollbacker (Experienced sock of me)
• 22:59, 13 January 2013 Bishonen talk contribs changed group membership for The Lady Catherine de Burgh from (none) to rollbacker (Experienced user)