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-'''Autoconfirmed''' users are users whose account is older than a week.<br>
+'''Autoconfirmed''' users are defined as users who have had an account on MarioWiki for at least a week. New users gain certain rights upon becoming Autoconfirmed. This rank was established on February 21, 2007 when the community decided that moving rights needed to be restricted to new users. This was due to a series of moving vandalism attacks. Users had to wait four days to become Autoconfirmed. On November 23, 2009, some changes were made to the rank due to a series of page creation vandalism. New users had to wait one week before becoming Autoconfirmed. In addition, new users could not create new pages and upload files. Some rights gained upon being Autoconfirmed include:
-This rank was created for the safety of our users and readers due to recent troll attacks. Only autoconfirmed users can make some actions such as:
+*Moving pages
-*Create pages.
+*Creating pages
-*Edit semi-protected pages.
+*Editing semi-protected pages
-*Move semi-protected pages.
+*Uploading files
-[[Category:MarioWiki Policy]]
+[[Category:MarioWiki Policy|{{PAGENAME}}]]