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.
- 00:23, 5 June 2017 Xaosflux talk contribs changed group membership for Helpful Pixie Bot from bot and extended confirmed user to bot (-ecu, redundant to +bot)
- 00:12, 5 June 2017 Xeno talk contribs changed group membership for Helpful Pixie Bot from extended confirmed user to extended confirmed user and bot (Successful BRFA)
- 21:53, 19 May 2017 Helpful Pixie Bot talk contribs was automatically updated from (none) to extended confirmed user
- 21:37, 15 May 2012 EVula talk contribs changed group membership for Helpful Pixie Bot from bot to (none) (might as well remove the bot flag (just to keep things tidy))
- 13:18, 12 July 2011 Xeno talk contribs changed group membership for Helpful Pixie Bot from (none) to bot (transferring bot flag from User:SmackBot per request - http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?&diff=439081921 - this bot to run previously approved bot tasks for SmackBot)