Manual:Autoconfirmed users

Autoconfirmed users are wiki users who are members of the “Autoconfirmed users” user group. This is a special user group which is allocated automatically based on certain criteria.

The criteria are:

• $wgAutoConfirmAge (number of seconds account needs to have existed to qualify)
• $wgAutoConfirmCount (number of edits account needs to have to qualify)

BOTH criteria need to be satisfied for an account to be automatically promoted to the “Autoconfirmed users” user group.

What rights autoconfirmed users have is controlled via $wgGroupPermissions . By default, autoconfirmed users may:

• Not be affected by IP-based rate limits, i.e. not be considered “newbies” for purposes of User::isNewbie() and Manual:$wgRateLimits (autoconfirmed)
• Edit pages protected as "Allow only autoconfirmed users" (editsemiprotected)

You may override these via $wgGroupPermissions .

See also

• Manual:Setting user groups in MediaWiki
• $wgAutopromote – for creating user groups with other automatic promotion criteria
• m:Registered user, m:Newly registered user