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If you do not configure group permissions yourself, the default from DefaultSettings.php will be applied automatically - you do not have to copy it. Apart from that, information on how to configure user groups properly are available on page Manual:$wgGroupPermissions.

You will e.g. find that the permissions of multiple groups are cumulative: If a user is member of different groups, then the user will get a right if it is granted to at least one of these groups - even if it is not granted to his other groups. That means you do not have to grant all available rights (like the "block" or the "delete" right) to all users - in fact I think that you might not want to give ordinary users special rights like these.

Only grant special rights to the special groups.