Administrator and SOAP User Group Comparison

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SOAP (Spam Obliteration and Prevention) are typically interpreted more or less by users as global administrators, although they do not replace or outrank local administrators. Below is a list of all the usergroup permissions that Administrators have that SOAP do not, and vice versa.
As it turns out, there are various permissions extended to Administrators that aren't extended to SOAP. Administrators can also edit , whereas SOAP cannot. However, SOAP tools are much more effective at combating spam and vandalism, and they have the ability to give themselves Administrator status in certain specific circumstances.
A close inspection reveals that Administrators actually share more of the same tools with Wiki Specialists than they do with SOAP. Another close inspection reveals that there isn't one tool that Administrators share with SOAP that they don't also share with Wiki Specialists.
SOAP cannot be blocked like Administrators can. They can manage global blocks and spam filters through the Special:Phalanx extension. And they are immune to global blocks, whereas Administrators are not immune to them.
==Administrators — List of Abilities==
;The following abilities are those included with the administrator usergroup
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*Add groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Quick Answers Editors, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
*Remove groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Quick Answers Editors, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
*Remove group from own account: Administrators
==Spam Obliteration and Prevention — List of Abilities==
;The following abilities are those included with the spam obliteration and prevention usergroup
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*Add groups to own account: Rollbackers, Bots and Administrators
*Remove groups from own account: Rollbackers, Bots, Administrators and Bureaucrats
==Tools that are shared between Administrators and Spam Obliteration and Prevention members==
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==Tools that the Administrator User Group has that the Spam Obliteration and Prevention User Group does not==
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*Assistants, Content Moderators, Discussion Moderators, and Autoconfirmed Users have this ability. All Users previously had this ability.
*All Users have this option, so Spam Obliteration and Prevention members implicitly have this ability anyway.
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*Bots, Assistants, Content Moderators, Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, and Autopatrolled Users have this ability. Registered Users previously had this ability.
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*Add groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Quick Answers Editors, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
*Remove groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Quick Answers Editors, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
==Tools that the Spam Obliteration and Prevention User Group has that the Administrator User Group does not==
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*Registered Users and Unregistered Users have this option, so Administrators implicitly have this ability anyway.
*Emailconfirmed Users have this option, so Administrators implicitly have this ability anyway.
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*Emailconfirmed Users and Unregistered Users have this option, so Administrators implicitly have this ability anyway.
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*Assistants have this ability. Administrators, Bots, Bureaucrats, and Content Moderators previously had this ability.
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*Add groups to own account: Rollbackers, Bots and Administrators
*Remove groups from own account: Rollbackers, Bots and Bureaucrats
==Tools that the Administrator and Spam Obliteration and Prevention User Groups have combined==
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*Remove groups: Discussion Moderators, Rollbackers, Quick Answers Editors, Autopatrolled Users, Content Moderators and Assistants
*Add groups to own account: Rollbackers, Bots and Administrators
*Remove groups from own account: Rollbackers, Bots, Administrators and Bureaucrats
==Gallery==
Badge Administrator.svg|Administrator Badge
Spam Obliteration and Prevention Badge Classic Style.svg|Spam Obliteration and Prevention Badge
==References==
Category:Pages
Category:C.Syde's Pages
Category:Pages related to User Group Rights
Category:Pages related to Fandom