The Apple Wiki:User rights

Here is an explanation of each user group that exists on this wiki.

You can see a detailed list of the MediaWiki rights each group has at the User group rights special page.

Group	View wiki	Edit wiki	Bypass CAPTCHAs	Edit protected pages	Notes
Logged-out users *	Yes	No	No	No	To prevent spam, logged-out users can only view the wiki. To edit it, you must create an account and verify your email address.
Users user	Yes	No	No	No	The baseline permissions for accounts on The Apple Wiki.
Email address confirmed emailconfirmed	Yes	Yes	No	No	Once your email address is verified, you can begin editing the wiki. You will be occasionally required to fill CAPTCHAs to prevent spam.
Autoconfirmed users autoconfirmed	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	After you've edited the wiki for some time, you receive the full set of permissions we provide to standard users.

The following are groups that are only provided to trusted users.

Group	Notes
Bots bot	Bots are allowed to make heavier use of the MediaWiki API for the purpose of maintaining the wiki.
Check users checkuser	Trusted people who are able to review IP addresses of users, in cases of spam or abuse where a stronger block may be required. Use of this feature is logged to prevent abuse.
Interface administrators interface-admin	Trusted people who can edit styles and scripts on the wiki.
Administrators sysop	Trusted people who have almost complete control over the wiki. A list of administrators can be retrieved from the user list.