[Mediawiki-api] Protection according to 'rights' or 'groups'

[Rotem Liss]

Bryan Tong Minh wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a question between the difference between rights and groups in
> protection. When I request the protection of a page, for example
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=info&inprop=protection&titles=Main%20Page>
> the following is given for protection:
> 
>         <protection>
>           <pr type="edit" level="autoconfirmed" expiry="infinity" />
>           <pr type="move" level="sysop" expiry="infinity" />
>         </protection>
> 
> When I ask my userinfo
> <http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=revisions&meta=userinfo&uiprop=rights|groups>:
> 
>     <userinfo name="Bryan">
>       <groups>
>         <g>checkuser</g>
>         <g>sysop</g>
>       </groups>
>       <rights>
>  [...]
>         <r>autoconfirmed</r>
>         <r>skipcaptcha</r>
>         <r>emailconfirmed</r>
>       </rights>
>     </userinfo>
> 
> To abe able to edit the page, one needs to be 'autoconfirmed' which is
> a right. In order to be able to move a page, one needs to be 'sysop'
> which is a group. So can protection be set for both groups and rights?
> I'm asking because I need to check in my framework whether there are
> sufficient rights for an action.
> 
> Bryan
> 

Protection is about rights (e.g. autoconfirmed). "sysop" is an exception, and is 
actually a protection for the holders of the "protect" permission.