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.
- 18:19, 25 May 2023 PhilKnight talk contribs changed group membership for PhilKnight from autopatrolled, checkuser, oversight and administrator to checkuser, oversight and administrator (do not create that many pages)
- 08:46, 9 December 2021 PhilKnight talk contribs changed group membership for PhilKnight from checkuser, oversight and administrator to checkuser, oversight, administrator and autopatrolled (frequently create WP:SPI tagged user pages)
- 16:06, 6 January 2010 Xeno talk contribs changed group membership for PhilKnight from edit filter manager and administrator to administrator (per bugzilla:20721, EFM no longer required to view private filters; feel free to re-enable if necessary)
- 13:40, 7 June 2009 PhilKnight talk contribs changed group membership for PhilKnight from administrator to administrator and edit filter manager (to view existing filters)