Difference between revisions of "Autoconfirmed users"

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See: [Manual:Autoconfirmed users]

An Autoconfirmed user is a user group with certain privileges. Users in this group are added automatically.

Requirements[edit]

Only registered accounts can be autoconfirmed. There are two requirements:

The account must be old.

The user must have an adequate password.

The user must save an amount of edits to any page.

Password Policy[edit]

See: PasswordPolicies

It is suggested that an Autoconfirmed User's password:

Is at least 1 character long.

Is less than 4,096 characters long.

Is not a substring within their username.

Is not in the list of 100,000 most commonly used passwords.

Is not the same as their username.

Does not match a specific list of default passwords.

Rights[edit]

See: ListGroupRights

Autoconfirmed users gain the following rights:

Edit protected pages set to 'allow only autoconfirmed users'.

Unaffected by IP-based rate limits.

Skip CAPTCHA tests.

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-{{see|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Autoconfirmed_users Manual:Autoconfirmed Users}}
+{{see|https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Autoconfirmed_users Manual:Autoconfirmed users}}
-An [[Project:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed user]] is an old account that has made changes to the Wiki. Users in this group are added automatically.
+An [[Project:Autoconfirmed users|Autoconfirmed user]] is a user group with certain privileges. Users in this group are added automatically.
+==Requirements==
+Only [[Special:CreateAccount|registered accounts]] can be autoconfirmed. There are two requirements:
+:{{arrow}}The account must be old.
+:{{arrow}}The user must have an [[#Password Policy|adequate password]].
+:{{arrow}}The user must save an amount of edits to any page.
+===Password Policy===
+{{see|Special:PasswordPolicies}}
+It is suggested that an Autoconfirmed User's password:
+:{{arrow}}Is at least 1 character long.
+:{{arrow}}Is less than 4,096 characters long.
+:{{arrow}}Is not a substring within their username.
+:{{arrow}}Is not in the list of 100,000 most commonly used passwords.
+:{{arrow}}Is not the same as their username.
+:{{arrow}}Does not match a specific list of default passwords.
 ==Rights==
 {{see|Special:ListGroupRights}}
 Autoconfirmed users gain the following '''rights''':
-:{{arrow}}Edit protected pages set to "allow only autoconfirmed users".
+:{{arrow}}Edit protected pages set to 'allow only autoconfirmed users'.
 :{{arrow}}Unaffected by IP-based rate limits.
 :{{arrow}}Skip [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAPTCHA CAPTCHA tests].