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Privileges

Privileges control what you can do on Philosophy Stack Exchange. Gain more privileges by increasing your reputation (points you receive from your fellow users for posting helpful questions and answers).

All Milestone Moderation Communication Creation
5,000
access to site analytics
Access to internal site analytics
4,000
trusted user
Expanded editing, deletion and undeletion privileges
3,500
protect questions
Mark questions as protected
2,000
access to moderator tools
Access reports, delete questions, review reviews
1,500
approve tag wiki edits
Approve edits to tag wikis made by regular users
1,250
create tag synonyms
Decide which tags have the same meaning as others
1,000
edit posts
Edits to other users’ posts are applied immediately
1,000
create gallery chat rooms
Create chat rooms where only specific users may talk
750
established user
You've been around for a while; see vote counts
500
cast close and reopen votes
Help decide whether posts are off-topic or duplicates
350
access review queues
Access the First posts and Late answers review queues
250
view close votes
View and cast close/reopen votes on your own questions
150
create tags
Add new tags to the site
125
vote down
Indicate when questions and answers are not useful
100
edit community wiki
Collaborate on the editing and improvement of wiki posts
100
create chat rooms
Create new chat rooms
75
set bounties
Offer some of your reputation as bounty on a question
50
comment everywhere
Leave comments on other people's posts
20
talk in chat
Participate in this site's chat rooms
15
flag posts
Bring content to the attention of the community via flags
15
vote up
Indicate when questions and answers are useful
10
remove new user restrictions
Post more links, answer protected questions
10
create wiki posts
Create answers that can be easily edited by most users
5
participate in meta
Discuss the site itself: bugs, feedback, and governance
1
create posts
Ask a question or contribute an answer

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Create posts, expandable usercard

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Milestone

These special privileges are granted to say thanks for being a great user.

Moderation

Help decide what questions and answers float to the top or participate in suggesting new features.

Communication

Communicate with fellow users in chat rooms, meta-discussion, and comments.

Creation

Create questions, answers, tags, and other content.