It is fairly easy to create a new user group with just that one right. On Sunday, October 7, 2012, Marcus Buck wrote:
> Hello, > On Wikipedia the right to import articles via Special:Import is bound to > the user group 'administrator' by default. > > On nds.wp we discussed that it would be useful for us if we could give > import rights to some trusted users without giving them admin rights. It > would be unnecessary overhead if these users have to contact an admin every > time they want to translate an article from another wiki. > > Could you give me some technical advice how we could do this and how much > effort it is? What would be the easiest way to achieve this and what > exactly would I have to request on Bugzilla to get the functionality? > > There seems to be the user group ''importer' but apparently it has > additional rights to the import rights of an admin and cannot be used to > achieve what we want, am I right? So I guess we need to create a new > separate user group? > > Thank You > User:Slomox > Marcus Buck > > ______________________________**_________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
