User rights

Check your user rights

• Check a user's groups :
  • On Commons: c:Special:UserRights > enter username.
  • On LinguaLibre: Special:UserRights > enter username.
• Check infos and groups for 0x010C, Yug, WikiLucas00, Luilui666, ShufaBot:
  • On Commons API (mw:API:Users#GET_request):
    https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=0x010C|Yug|WikiLucas00|Luilui6666|ShufaBot&usprop=groups|editcount|registration
  • On LinguaLibre API :
    https://lingualibre.org/w/api.php?action=query&list=users&ususers=0x010C|Yug|WikiLucas00|Luilui6666|ShufaBot&usprop=groups|editcount|registration
• Check user rights for yourself - click then search "upload":
  • On Commons API: https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=ratelimits
  • On LinguaLibre API : https://lingualibre.org/api.php?action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=ratelimits

User rights on Commons

• Each mediawiki has upload limits according to user groups set via wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php.
• See User group rights: c:Special:ListGroupRights

Uploads rate limits on Commons.

Group	Minimal condition	Ratelimit
		Uploads rights
* (all)	Anonymous IP	0
user	Have an account	380 per 4320 sec.
autoconfirmed	4+ days old account	380 per 4320 sec.
autopatrolled	On request	999 per 1 sec.
patroller	On request	999 per 1 sec.
image-reviewer	On request	999 per 1 sec.
4320 sec. = 72 mins.

Commons ratelimits in code

• Likely: Here

	'+commonswiki' => [ // T132930
		'move' => [ // T232657
			'autopatrolled' => [ 32, 60 ],
			'patroller' => [ 32, 60 ],
			'image-reviewer' => [ 32, 60 ],
		],
		'edit' => [
			'ip' => [ 8 * 15, 60 * 15 ], // T225148
			'newbie' => [ 8 * 15, 60 * 5 ], // T231463
			'user' => [ 900, 60 * 3 ], // T194864
			// Higher rate limit for trusted users
			'image-reviewer' => [ 10500, 60 * 3 ],
			'patroller' => [ 10500, 60 * 3 ],
			'autopatrolled' => [ 10500, 60 * 3 ],
		],
		'upload' => [
			// 380 uploads per 72 minutes
			'user' => [ 380, 4320 ],
			// Effectively no upload rate limit for members of these groups
			'image-reviewer' => [ 999, 1 ],
			'patroller' => [ 999, 1 ],
			'autopatrolled' => [ 999, 1 ],
		],
		'linkpurge' => [
			'patroller' => [ 3000, 60 * 3 ], // T245214
		],
	],

User rights on LinguaLibre

Note: LinguaLibre is not the limiting factor.

• User group rights: Special:ListGroupRights

Request new user rights

Go to c:Commons:Requests for rights, make a request mentioning your contribution to Lingua Libre and your need for raising the ratelimit.

Examples of past requests :

• 2020-09-21 - Luilui6666 - autopatroller
• Vealhurl
• Jagwar
• DSwissK
• Mecanautes
• Olaf
• Poemat
• VictorDtmtc
• Moonhouse
• Sagnamadr
• DMontagne en résidence
• Ardzun

See also

• Meet with someone who can increase Wikimedia Commons' ratelimit. See LinguaLibre:User_rights, phab:T172293#6344271 & mw:Wikimedia_Hackathon_2023/Connect.
• {{Autopatrolled}} — message template for active users meeting the ratelimit of 380 audios per 72mins.