MediaWiki:Protect-dropdown

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit']             = false; $wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit']          = false; $wgAutopromote['emailconfirmed'] = APCOND_EMAILCONFIRMED; $wgImplicitGroups[] = 'emailconfirmed'; $wgGroupPermissions['emailconfirmed']['edit'] = true;
 * 1) Disable for everyone.
 * 1) Disable for users, too: by default 'user' is allowed to edit, even if '*' is not.
 * 1) Make it so users with confirmed e-mail addresses are in the group.
 * 1) Hide group from user list.
 * 1) Finally, set it to true for the desired group.