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 Misplaced Pages:Bureaucrat log.
- 05:42, 9 December 2021 Opabinia regalis talk contribs changed group membership for Opabinia regalis from administrator to administrator and autopatrolled (nobody wants to read a bunch of pages about obscure proteins)
- 23:01, 10 September 2015 Opabinia regalis talk contribs changed group membership for Opabinia regalis from edit filter manager and administrator to administrator (added this to investigate a specific incident; not interested in working on it more generally; turning on the Somebody Else's Problem field)
- 22:46, 25 June 2015 Opabinia regalis talk contribs changed group membership for Opabinia regalis from administrator to administrator and edit filter manager (having a look at some of these, prompted by ANI discussion)
- 09:37, 2 May 2015 Acalamari talk contribs changed group membership for Opabinia regalis from (none) to administrator (Misplaced Pages:Requests for adminship/Opabinia regalis 2)
- 07:01, 16 November 2006 Redux talk contribs changed group membership for Opabinia regalis from (none) to administrator