Extension:GlobalUserGroups

PUBLIC LAW 104-201—SEPT. 23, 1996 110 STAT. 2519 "3963. Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member's misconduct.". (b) NAVY AND MARINE CORPS. —(1) Chapter 571 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new section: §6336. Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member's misconduct "(a) A member of the Naval Reserve or Marine Corps Reserve described in subsection (b) who is transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve under section 6330 of this title shall be transferred in the highest enlisted grade in which the member served on active duty satisfactorily, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. "(b) This section applies to a Reserve enlisted member who— Applicability. "(1) at the time of transfer to the Fleet Reserve or Fleet Marine Corps Reserve is serving on active duty in a grade lower than the highest enlisted grade held by the member while on active duty; and "(2) was previously administratively reduced in grade not as a result of the member's own misconduct, as determined by the Secretary of the Navy. "(c) This section applies with respect to enlisted members of Applicability. the Naval Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve who are transferred to the Fleet Reserve or the Fleet Marine Corps Reserve after September 30, 1996.". (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is amended by adding at the end the following new item: "6336. Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member's misconduct.". (c) AIR FORCE.— (1) Chapter 869 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 8962 the following new section: §8963. Highest grade held satisfactorily: Reserve enlisted members reduced in grade not as a result of the member's misconduct "(a) A Reserve enlisted member of the Air Force described in subsection (b) who is retired under section 8914 of this title shall be retired in the highest enlisted grade in which the member served on active duty satisfactorily (or, in the case of a member of the National Guard, in which the member served on full-time National Guard duty satisfactorily), as determined by the Secretary of the Air Force. "(b) This section applies to a Reserve enlisted member who— Applicabihty. "(1) at the time of retirement is serving on active duty (or, in the case of a member of the National Guard, on fulltime National Guard duty) in a grade lower than the highest enlisted grade held by the member while on active duty (or full-time National Guard duty); and "(2) was previously administratively reduced in grade not as a result of the member's own misconduct, as determined by the Secretary of the Air Force. "(c) This section applies with respect to Reserve enlisted mem- Applicability. bers who are retired under section 8914 of this title after September 30, 1996.".

This extension provides the use of defined local user groups as global user groups. The management of global groups is the same as the management of local groups on Special:UserRights.

The extension can distinguish whether a global or a local group is selected (with, see below). If a global group is selected, the rights will be added to all databases that are defined in  into   tables. So the rights are strictly local in every wiki, but all with one click and only one log entry in which wiki the rights were given. The same applies if the rights are removed.

The global rights of users will be shown on Special:ListUsers. Description of the global user rights will be shown on Special:ListGroupRights.

Installation
The installation is simple. For use of global user groups, you must have a shared database.

Note: A group name can not be longer than 16 characters. This has nothing to do with the extension, but with MediaWiki, which only allows a maximum of 16 characters in  table. The translations can be of any length because just the system name is entered in table(s).

To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

This could be also added to your LocalSettings.php, GlobalSettings.php or similar

Extras
The extension provides translations into English and German available for various global groups. This translations can be activated if you set $wgGlobalUserGroupsUseEMWT to true (activated by default). Currently available translations can be found in GlobalUserGroups.i18n.groups.php. If there are any translations for particular groups are missing, please just report on the talk page.

Contact
User talk:SVG

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