Editing and moderation

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	1	---
	2	title: Editing and moderation
	3	tags: [Running]
	4	---
	5
	6	Every wiki runs itself: its owner, admins and moderators make the day-to-day calls, within the platform's rules.
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	8	## Roles
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	10	:::table
	11	Role, Can
	12	Owner, Everything below; hands ownership on
	13	Admin, Settings; gives roles
	14	Moderator, Blocks; deletes and restores pages; hides revisions; handles reports
	15	Trusted editor, Reviews new editors' edits and uploads; writes components; adds emotes and Wiki Data
	16	Editor, Edits pages; uploads files
	17	:::
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	19	Editors become **autoconfirmed** after a few days and a few accepted edits (the wiki sets how many). Until then their uploads wait for review, they upload one file at a time, and some edits ask for a quick check that they're human.
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	21	## Edit modes
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	23	The owner picks one:
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	25	- **Open:** everyone signed in edits; new editors' edits that add links to other sites are reviewed first.
	26	- **Reviewed:** new editors' edits wait in the **Review queue** until a trusted editor accepts them.
	27	- **Closed:** only trusted editors and up edit.
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	29	Pages can also be protected one by one, so only trusted editors or admins change them.
	30
	31	## When things go wrong
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	33	- **History** shows every version of a page, what changed, and who changed it; any version can be restored.
	34	- **Rollback** undoes all of someone's recent edits at once: pages, components and Wiki Data.
	35	- **Blocks** stop someone editing this wiki, for a while or for good, with a reason they can see.
	36	- **Reports:** readers can report a page; moderators see reports with the rest of the moderation tools.
	37	- **Hiding:** a revision with personal information can be hidden from everyone but moderators.
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	39	Every moderation action goes in a public log, so the community can see how its wiki is run.