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

[Bryan Tong Minh]

On Jan 14, 2008 3:20 PM, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw at home.nl> wrote:
> Bryan Tong Minh schreef:
> > 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
> >
> Actually, sysop is both a right *and* a group. The same is true for 'bot'.
>
> Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
>
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Then why is sysop only in groups in the api call?

Bryan