https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47617
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Bug ID: 47617
Summary: It should be possible to use cascading protection with
non-"sysop" protection level
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.22-git
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Page protection
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Classification: Unclassified
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It should be possible to use cascading protection with non-"sysop" protection
level. Right now there's a hard-coded check in WikiPage that prevents that, as
(quoting a comment above it) "[o]therwise, people who cannot normally protect
can "protect" pages via transclusion".
While this is a good point, it is really a policy issue rather than code one in
some cases. And if this is a concern, we could have a global named, say,
$wgCascadingProtectionLevels that would default to array('protect', 'sysop').
For example, I think that it really should be possible for the 'editor'
protection level that's currently enabled on pl.wiki (bug 46990) (there's a
similar one on pt.wiki, see bug 39652). This is a FlaggedRevs-related
permission (able to mark pages as "checked") automatically granted to
semi-trusted users.
The practical use case: we want to lower the protection level of the main page
of the Polish Wikipedia to 'editor' while keeping the cascading behavior.
Protecting all of the subpages manually is unfeasible, as these are
automatically cycled every day, and should be fully editable while not
displayed on the main page.
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