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From Meta a Wikimedia project coordination wiki Other languages Bahasa Indonesia Deutsch English Nederlands Sunda Tiếng Việt Turkce asturianu azerbaycanca chiTumbuka dansk eesti espanol francais hrvatski italiano magyar norsk bokmal oʻzbekcha yzbekcha polski portugues portugues do Brasil romană slovencina suomi svenska Ellhnika belaruskaya tarashkevica russkij tyva dyl ukrayinska հայերեն العربية سنڌي کوردی کٲش ر अवध ह न द ব ল ithy 中文 日本語 ꯃ ꯇ ꯂ ꯟ 한국어 For legal and security reasons the Wikimedia Foundation has decided to require two factor authentication for this role Shortcuts IA Interfaceadmin INTADMIN Interface administrators are the only users with the ability to edit sitewide CSS and JS pages such as MediaWiki Common js MediaWiki Vector css interface messages which are interpreted as raw HTML or the gadget pages listed on Special Gadgets and other users personal CSS JS pages JS and CSS pages are executed by the browser of wiki editors and readers as code which can be used to change how content is styled change the behavior of pages or even create highly complex tools such as wikEd Editing CSS JS that gets executed in other users browsers is very powerful and potentially dangerous in the hands of a malicious user interface administrators should be users who are highly trusted have at least a basic understanding of CSS and JS are aware of the privacy expectations of Wikimedia wikis and have a decent understanding of account security choosing strong unique passwords not getting infected by malware and using two factor authentication It is recommended to remove the interface administrator rights of inactive users to reduce the attack surface Small wikis might also want to make sure they have at least two people who can read JavaScript so they can vet each other s edits a bit like checkusers Interface administrators can also edit other users personal JSON pages and all pages in the MediaWiki namespace These abilities are less dangerous and shared with other user groups Requests You can see the list of current interface administrators by going to Special ListUsers interface admin on your wiki If your wiki does not have bureaucrats requests for interface administrator permissions should be made on Steward requests Permissions If your wiki does not have interface administrators requests for interface administrator help such as editing a CSS JS page should be made on Steward requests Miscellaneous See also Interface editors Global sysops global groups including similar permissionsvteUser groupsLocal groupsOn MetaWithout global effectsaccount creator autopatroller bot bureaucrat checkuser confirmed user event organizers flooder importer IP block exemption Blocked from IP information tool patroller uploader translation admin transwiki importer oversighterWith global effectsadministrator centralnotice admin global renamer interface admin massmessage sender OAuth administrators push subscription managers WMF Office IT WMF Trust and SafetyOn some wikisuploader autopatroller patroller reviewer rollbacker autochecked user extended confirmed user file mover interface editor edit filter manager template editor eliminator translation admin massmessage sender ArbCom member page mover technician bot admin flooder curator engineerOn one wiki except Meta noratelimit user Upload Wizard campaign editor image reviewer test admin property creator Wikidata staff researcherCross wikiblocked user unregistered user newly registered user registered user confirmed user autoconfirmed user account creator bot administrator interface admin bureaucrat oversight checkuser IP block exempt importer transwiki importer users blocked from the IP information tool Flow botHistorical groupsExtended uploaders course coordinator instructor online and campus volunteer mover zeroadmin WMF ops monitoring GWToolset userGlobal groupslocked account unified account abuse filter helper abuse filter maintainer API high limit requestor CAPTCHA exemptions founder bot deleter Flow creator interface editor IP block exemption rollbacker sysop two factor authentication testers new wikis importer ombuds recursive export staff steward system administrator VRT member wmf email block override WMF researcherLinks in italic are separate account statuses that are not assigned through user groups See also Wikimedia user groups Categories Global user groups that require two factor authenticationUser groups