https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38186
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Bug #: 38186
Summary: Moving files on Wikimedia wikis is needlessly
restricted
Product: Wikimedia
Version: unspecified
Platform: All
OS/Version: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: General/Unknown
AssignedTo: [email protected]
ReportedBy: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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Somewhere in the implementation of the resolution to bug 15842, Brion decided
to limit the (then-new) "movefile" user right to administrators. As I
understand it, this was done as the feature was new and untested and there were
still possible security concerns or unknown bugs.
Subsequently, in r93871, DefaultSettings.php was changed to give the "movefile"
user right to "user" by default in MediaWiki core. This change was marked
"scaptrap" and Wikimedia's InitialiseSettings.php was changed accordingly:
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# groupOverrides2 @{
'groupOverrides2' => array(
'default' => array(
'user' => array(
'reupload-shared' => false,
'reupload' => false,
'upload' => false, //
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12556
'reupload-own' => true,
'move' => false, //
http://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12071
'move-subpages' => false, // for now...
'movefile' => false, // r93871 CR
),
'autoconfirmed' => array(
'reupload' => true,
'upload' => true, //
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12556
'move' => true,
'collectionsaveasuserpage' => true,
'collectionsaveascommunitypage' => true,
),
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I don't see any good reason to restrict "movefile" in this way on Wikimedia
wikis. Is there any reason to treat "movefile" differently than "move"?
"movefile" ideally should be available by default to autoconfirmed users, in
the same way that "move" is. This means updating the above section to look
something like this:
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'autoconfirmed' => array(
'reupload' => true,
'upload' => true, //
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12556
'move' => true,
'movefile' => true,
'collectionsaveasuserpage' => true,
'collectionsaveascommunitypage' => true,
),
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Individual Wikimedia wikis can request an override to this behavior as
necessary and prudent.
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