How to Assign Users to Groups in MediaWiki?

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There are a few easy actions you may take to provide some of your registered users more access in MediaWiki:

To start with,

Login to the MediaWiki as admin.
On the left-hand side, click on Special pages.
If you have not created any user then you need to create a new user. To create a new user go to Login OR create account section and click on Create account.
In the username field enter the username as per your choice.
Enter the password in the Password field and re-enter the same password in the Confirm password section.
Now in the Email address text box enter the email address where you wish to receive the confirmation link and login details OR leave it blank as it is optional.
In the Real name section if you wish to then enter the name as per your choice otherwise leave it blank as it is optional.
Also, in this text box mention the reason for creating another account OR leave it blank and click on Create account button.
On the left-hand side, click on Special pages.
Navigate to the Users and rights section and click on User rights.
Now in the Select a user section enter the username that you want to modify and click on Load user groups button.
In the Edit user groups, you will find a checkbox in front of every user group.
Select the groups where you would like to add the user and in the Expires section, you can define the time.
If you want to mention any reason then you can mention it or else leave it blank.
Click on the Save user groups.
After this, the user will have permissions and access to the selected groups.

So in this way, you can assign users to groups in MediaWiki.