https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34209
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Bug #: 34209
Summary: upload protection doesn't work for reverts → edit wars
can continue if not also edit protection is used
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.18
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Page protection
AssignedTo: wikibugs-l@lists.wikimedia.org
ReportedBy: saibotr...@arcor.de
Classification: Unclassified
... only protecting against uploads (and file version reverts) is a low
side-effects measure against edit/upload wars. However it doesn't seem to work.
Does somebody know if that is a bug or a feature?
http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:AaatestSonnepalmenstrand-portrait_new.jpg&action=history
The page is upload=sysop protected and it works (I cannot upload with my test
account). But the testaccount can revert to another file version. This is
pretty stupid since I thought it isn't enough at upload edit wars to upload
protect ([[COM:P]] should be adjusted then)... Also that is a bad choice for
high-visibility files which have more than one version. Mediawiki displays the
reverts as "uploads" - but apparently doesn't apply the protection status. I
would have assumed that it protects against that reverts. First because it is
useful, second because mediawiki
[//commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&page=File%3AAaatestSonnepalmenstrand-portrait+new.jpg
titles the reverts as uploads in the logs] Asked in Wikimedia tech channel on
IRC but got no answer.
I tried again at "my" file:
[[:File:AaatestSonnepalmenstrand-portrait_new.jpg#filehistory]] Of, course -
still the same.
User:Bidgee in [[commons:COM:VP#upload protection doesn't work for reverts]]
seemed to agree that this is a bug and not a feature.
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