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meta=globaluserinfo (gui)

(main | query | globaluserinfo)

Show information about a global user.

Parameters:
guiuser

User to get information about. If guiuser and guiid both are omitted, it defaults to the current user.

Type: user, by any of user name, IP, IP range and interwiki name (e.g. "prefix>ExampleName")
guiid

Global user ID to get information about. If guiuser and guiid both are omitted, it defaults to the current user.

Type: integer
guiprop

Which properties to get:

groups
Get a list of global groups this user belongs to.
rights
Get a list of global rights this user has.
merged
Get a list of merged accounts.
unattached
Get a list of unattached accounts.
editcount
Get the user's global edit count.
Values (separate with | or alternative): editcount, groups, merged, rights, unattached