Re: [Wikitech-l] Changes to the Block paradigm

2019-02-04 Thread Pine W
80hnhtv4agou--- via Wikitech-l < wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org> wrote: > > what about abuse by administrators and stewards ? > > From: Moriel Schottlender > Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 7:53 PM > To: Wikimedia developers ; wikitech-ambassad...@lists.wikimedia.org > Su

Re: [Wikitech-l] Changes to the Block paradigm

2019-02-04 Thread 80hnhtv4agou--- via Wikitech-l
what about abuse by administrators and stewards ?   From: Moriel Schottlender Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 7:53 PM To: Wikimedia developers ; wikitech-ambassad...@lists.wikimedia.org Subject: [Wikitech-l] Changes to the Block paradigm   Greetings, Have you written code that deals

[Wikitech-l] Changes to the Block paradigm

2019-01-07 Thread Moriel Schottlender
Greetings, Have you written code that deals with or depends on user blocks? Read on. = TL;DR: = The new “Partial Blocks” feature has fundamentally changed the way MediaWiki considers what “block” means; any code that handles blocks should consider whether the questions it is asking are still