https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36316

--- Comment #8 from Nemo_bis <[email protected]> 2012-05-03 23:45:38 UTC 
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(In reply to comment #6)
> Changing the preferences of hundreds of editors without asking (even if they
> can change back) is just going to annoy them.

Some preferences have been removed entirely, or can't be changed back, so
apparently this is not a problem. I really don't see how it could be for
something which is set each time before saving.

> 
> I suspect someone clever will come up with a good way to resolve the key issue
> here - the different between "default to" and "never changed" for older users 
> -
> and then the same changes to default settings can be made without annoying
> hundreds of editors.

Actually not, it would need a migration script.

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