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I took this to mean those with special rights, so everything beyond automatically granted standard access: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_l

I took this to mean those with special rights, so everything beyond automatically granted standard access: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels

Thorrez 3y ago
Skimming the article, the article isn't using that definition. The article's definition seems to be "anyone with an account" or "anyone with an account who is active". > In this paper, we analyze all 57 million comments made on user talk pages of 8.5 million editors across the six most active language editions of Wikipedia
rewmie 3y ago
> I took this to mean those with special rights (...) I know that wikipedia supports granting special rights to some editors. I have those. That's why I'm stating that an editor does not have special rights, because everyone is an editor. And by the way, in general Wikipedia's "special rights" granted to non-administrator user accounts aren't that special. They unlock some UI features like bulk editing to fight vandalism, move pages, mark edits as minor, etc. See for yourself, and compare the difference between the permissions granted to Administrator accounts, everyone in the world (all users, registered accounts), and other groups. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#T... Claiming that an editor posted a toxic comment has the same weight as claiming that a random passerby shouted at you in the street.
- Semaphor 3y ago
  The special rights include reverting edits, which is pretty powerful when the person in question can insult you, but revert whatever you reply. And I already edited the original comment, explaining that I misunderstood.
  - howenterprisey 3y ago
    FYI anyone can revert any edit just by manually undoing changes; what's gated is the one-click button to do so ("rollback").
  - rewmie 3y ago
    > The special rights include reverting edits (...) No, it really doesn't. Anyone can revert any edit, even if you haven't registered an account and/or you aren't logged in. The only thing that the reversion permission capability grants you is access to a button in the UI. Also, all you need to do to be granted access to that permission is a) have an account, b) ask for the permission, b) not have an abuse-riddled contribution history.

Thorrez 3y ago

Skimming the article, the article isn't using that definition. The article's definition seems to be "anyone with an account" or "anyone with an account who is active". > In this paper, we analyze all 57 million comments made on user talk pages of 8.5 million editors across the six most active language editions of Wikipedia

rewmie 3y ago

> I took this to mean those with special rights (...) I know that wikipedia supports granting special rights to some editors. I have those. That's why I'm stating that an editor does not have special rights, because everyone is an editor. And by the way, in general Wikipedia's "special rights" granted to non-administrator user accounts aren't that special. They unlock some UI features like bulk editing to fight vandalism, move pages, mark edits as minor, etc. See for yourself, and compare the difference between the permissions granted to Administrator accounts, everyone in the world (all users, registered accounts), and other groups. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Table https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#T... Claiming that an editor posted a toxic comment has the same weight as claiming that a random passerby shouted at you in the street.

Semaphor 3y ago
The special rights include reverting edits, which is pretty powerful when the person in question can insult you, but revert whatever you reply. And I already edited the original comment, explaining that I misunderstood.
- howenterprisey 3y ago
  FYI anyone can revert any edit just by manually undoing changes; what's gated is the one-click button to do so ("rollback").
- rewmie 3y ago
  > The special rights include reverting edits (...) No, it really doesn't. Anyone can revert any edit, even if you haven't registered an account and/or you aren't logged in. The only thing that the reversion permission capability grants you is access to a button in the UI. Also, all you need to do to be granted access to that permission is a) have an account, b) ask for the permission, b) not have an abuse-riddled contribution history.