diff --git a/src/app/(frontend)/wiki/actions.ts b/src/app/(frontend)/wiki/actions.ts
index aedce90..31d3483 100644
--- a/src/app/(frontend)/wiki/actions.ts
+++ b/src/app/(frontend)/wiki/actions.ts
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ export async function setPageLockdown(input: {
     if (!(await isWikiModerator(payload, user))) {
       return {
         success: false,
-        error: "You need intelligence division clearance to restore wiki pages.",
+        error: "You need intelligence division clearance to lock wiki pages.",
       };
     }
     const page = await fetchPage(payload, input.id);
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ export async function deleteWikiPage(input: { id: number }): Promise<ActionResul
     if (!(await isWikiModerator(payload, user))) {
       return {
         success: false,
-        error: "You need intelligence division clearance to restore wiki pages.",
+        error: "You need intelligence division clearance to delete wiki pages.",
       };
     }
     const page = await fetchPage(payload, input.id);
diff --git a/src/utils/access-control/hasIntelligenceQualification.ts b/src/utils/access-control/hasIntelligenceQualification.ts
index ad96202..36d92f4 100644
--- a/src/utils/access-control/hasIntelligenceQualification.ts
+++ b/src/utils/access-control/hasIntelligenceQualification.ts
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 import type { Payload } from "payload";
 import { hasAnyPermission } from "@/utils/access-control/hasPermission";
 
+// Membership signals only. Read permissions (missions:read, campaigns:read,
+// factions:read, technologies:read) must NOT appear here: the standard "user"
+// role grants all four, so including them would make every regular player pass
+// this qualification (and with it, wiki moderation and intel-only UI).
 const INTELLIGENCE_PERMISSIONS = [
   "intelligence:manage",
-  "missions:read",
   "missions:create",
   "missions:update",
   "missions:delete",
   "missions:read-sensitive",
-  "campaigns:read",
   "campaigns:create",
   "campaigns:update",
   "campaigns:delete",
-  "factions:read",
   "factions:create",
   "factions:update",
   "factions:delete",
-  "technologies:read",
   "technologies:create",
   "technologies:update",
   "technologies:delete",
diff --git a/tests/int/wiki.int.spec.ts b/tests/int/wiki.int.spec.ts
index 451443a..e70e3d8 100644
--- a/tests/int/wiki.int.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/int/wiki.int.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 import { getPayload, Payload } from "payload";
+import type { AccessArgs } from "payload";
 import config from "@/payload.config";
 
 import { afterAll, beforeAll, describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
 import type { User, WikiPage, WikiRevision, WikiTemplate } from "@/payload-types";
+import { WikiPages } from "@/collections/wiki/WikiPages";
+import { hasIntelligenceQualification } from "@/utils/access-control/hasIntelligenceQualification";
 import {
   createPage,
   deletePage,
@@ -21,6 +24,42 @@ let payload: Payload;
 
 const RUN = `wiki-${Date.now().toString(36)}`;
 
+/**
+ * User deletion trips FK constraints unless the hook-provisioned personal bank
+ * account and profile are removed first.
+ */
+const deleteUserWithRelations = async (pg: Payload, id: number): Promise<void> => {
+  const accounts = await pg
+    .find({
+      collection: "bank-accounts",
+      where: { ownerUser: { equals: id } },
+      limit: 5,
+      depth: 0,
+      overrideAccess: true,
+    })
+    .catch(() => null);
+  for (const account of accounts?.docs ?? []) {
+    await pg
+      .delete({ collection: "bank-accounts", id: account.id, overrideAccess: true })
+      .catch(() => {});
+  }
+  const profiles = await pg
+    .find({
+      collection: "profiles",
+      where: { user: { equals: id } },
+      limit: 5,
+      depth: 0,
+      overrideAccess: true,
+    })
+    .catch(() => null);
+  for (const profile of profiles?.docs ?? []) {
+    await pg
+      .delete({ collection: "profiles", id: profile.id, overrideAccess: true })
+      .catch(() => {});
+  }
+  await pg.delete({ collection: "users", id, overrideAccess: true }).catch(() => {});
+};
+
 describe("Wiki", () => {
   let user: User;
   let userId: number;
@@ -73,39 +112,7 @@ describe("Wiki", () => {
         .delete({ collection: "wiki-templates", id, overrideAccess: true })
         .catch(() => {});
     }
-    // User deletion trips FK constraints unless the hook-provisioned
-    // personal bank account and profile are removed first.
-    const accounts = await payload
-      .find({
-        collection: "bank-accounts",
-        where: { ownerUser: { equals: userId } },
-        limit: 5,
-        depth: 0,
-        overrideAccess: true,
-      })
-      .catch(() => null);
-    for (const account of accounts?.docs ?? []) {
-      await payload
-        .delete({ collection: "bank-accounts", id: account.id, overrideAccess: true })
-        .catch(() => {});
-    }
-    const profiles = await payload
-      .find({
-        collection: "profiles",
-        where: { user: { equals: userId } },
-        limit: 5,
-        depth: 0,
-        overrideAccess: true,
-      })
-      .catch(() => null);
-    for (const profile of profiles?.docs ?? []) {
-      await payload
-        .delete({ collection: "profiles", id: profile.id, overrideAccess: true })
-        .catch(() => {});
-    }
-    await payload
-      .delete({ collection: "users", id: userId, overrideAccess: true })
-      .catch(() => {});
+    await deleteUserWithRelations(payload, userId);
   });
 
   const fetchRevisions = async (pageId: number): Promise<WikiRevision[]> => {
@@ -360,4 +367,143 @@ describe("Wiki", () => {
       expect(map[`${RUN}-tpl-b`]).toBe("Template B body");
     });
   });
+
+  describe("intelligence qualification gating", () => {
+    let readonlyUser: User;
+    let qualifiedUser: User;
+    let superuserUser: User;
+    const gatingRoleIds: number[] = [];
+    const gatingUserIds: number[] = [];
+    let createdQualificationId: number | null = null;
+
+    const wikiDeleteAccess = async (user: User | null) => {
+      const args = { req: { payload, user } } as unknown as AccessArgs;
+      return (await WikiPages.access?.delete?.(args)) ?? false;
+    };
+
+    const createGatingUser = async (
+      username: string,
+      roleDocIds?: number[],
+    ): Promise<User> => {
+      const u = (await payload.create({
+        collection: "users",
+        data: {
+          username,
+          discordUsername: username,
+          displayName: "WIKI GATING TEST",
+          steamId: `7656119${Math.floor(Math.random() * 1e9)}`,
+          password: "Test123",
+          ...(roleDocIds && roleDocIds.length > 0 ? { roleDocs: roleDocIds } : {}),
+        },
+        overrideAccess: true,
+        depth: 0,
+      })) as unknown as User;
+      gatingUserIds.push(u.id);
+      return u;
+    };
+
+    beforeAll(async () => {
+      const payloadConfig = await config;
+      payload = await getPayload({ config: payloadConfig });
+
+      // Regression fixture: a role granting ONLY the four broad intelligence
+      // read permissions that the standard "user" role also grants. Before the
+      // hasIntelligenceQualification fix, holding these alone made every
+      // player a wiki moderator.
+      const readOnlyRole = await payload.create({
+        collection: "roles",
+        data: {
+          name: `${RUN} Intel Read Only`,
+          slug: `${RUN}-intel-read-only`,
+          permissions: [
+            "missions:read",
+            "campaigns:read",
+            "factions:read",
+            "technologies:read",
+          ],
+        },
+        overrideAccess: true,
+        depth: 0,
+      });
+      gatingRoleIds.push(readOnlyRole.id);
+
+      const superuserRole = await payload.create({
+        collection: "roles",
+        data: { name: `${RUN} Superuser`, slug: `${RUN}-superuser`, isSuperuser: true },
+        overrideAccess: true,
+        depth: 0,
+      });
+      gatingRoleIds.push(superuserRole.id);
+
+      readonlyUser = await createGatingUser(`${RUN}-intel-readonly`, [readOnlyRole.id]);
+      qualifiedUser = await createGatingUser(`${RUN}-intel-qualified`);
+      superuserUser = await createGatingUser(`${RUN}-intel-super`, [superuserRole.id]);
+
+      // Qualification docs have unique names; reuse a shared "Intelligence"
+      // qualification if one already exists, otherwise create (and clean up) our own.
+      let qualification = (await payload.find({
+        collection: "qualifications",
+        where: { name: { equals: "Intelligence" } },
+        limit: 1,
+        depth: 0,
+        overrideAccess: true,
+      })) as unknown as { docs: Array<{ id: number }> };
+      if (qualification.docs.length === 0) {
+        const created = await payload.create({
+          collection: "qualifications",
+          data: { name: "Intelligence" },
+          overrideAccess: true,
+          depth: 0,
+        });
+        createdQualificationId = created.id;
+        qualification = { docs: [created] };
+      }
+
+      const profile = (await payload.find({
+        collection: "profiles",
+        where: { user: { equals: qualifiedUser.id } },
+        limit: 1,
+        depth: 0,
+        overrideAccess: true,
+      })) as unknown as { docs: Array<{ id: number }> };
+      await payload.update({
+        collection: "profiles",
+        id: profile.docs[0].id,
+        data: { progression: { qualifications: [qualification.docs[0].id] } },
+        overrideAccess: true,
+        depth: 0,
+      });
+    });
+
+    afterAll(async () => {
+      for (const id of gatingUserIds) {
+        await deleteUserWithRelations(payload, id);
+      }
+      for (const id of gatingRoleIds) {
+        await payload
+          .delete({ collection: "roles", id, overrideAccess: true })
+          .catch(() => {});
+      }
+      if (createdQualificationId !== null) {
+        await payload
+          .delete({ collection: "qualifications", id: createdQualificationId, overrideAccess: true })
+          .catch(() => {});
+      }
+    });
+
+    it("a user holding only intelligence read permissions does not qualify as moderator", async () => {
+      expect(await hasIntelligenceQualification(payload, readonlyUser)).toBe(false);
+      expect(await wikiDeleteAccess(readonlyUser)).toBe(false);
+    });
+
+    it("a user with the intelligence profile qualification may moderate", async () => {
+      expect(await hasIntelligenceQualification(payload, qualifiedUser)).toBe(true);
+      expect(await wikiDeleteAccess(qualifiedUser)).toBe(true);
+    });
+
+    it("a superuser role qualifies regardless of granted permissions", async () => {
+      expect(await hasIntelligenceQualification(payload, superuserUser)).toBe(true);
+      expect(await wikiDeleteAccess(superuserUser)).toBe(true);
+    });
+  });
 });
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