https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=32536
--- Comment #8 from MZMcBride <[email protected]> 2012-11-02 00:01:50 UTC --- (In reply to comment #7) > MZ -- banners are currently created in the MediaWiki namespace which requires > admin privileges. Although this is not in and of itself a problem I understand > that we have some policies in place that say admin actions should not be > automated -- so... I don't see a pressing need to add functionality that > should > never be used. I don't know of any such "no admin action automation" policy on Meta-Wiki. Do you have a link? And this would not really be considered automation by any reasonable definition. There are a large number of actions that are restricted to particular user groups (such as deletion, page protection, etc.) that have been available in the API for ages. One feature of this proposed API (banner creation) might require a specialized user right (such as "editinterface"), but I don't see any reason why that's relevant to this bug. Whether the API were read-only or read/write, I think it would get moderate use. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
