https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48609
--- Comment #2 from Stephen Lafleur <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #1) > But what exactly is confusing about the message? > > I propose WONTFIX for this. Rare cornercase, plus people should think for a > short moment about the consequences if they really want to remove rights from > their own account. 1. Click button 2. Receive no confirmation message 3. "You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason: ..." You see *no* potential for confusion in inexperienced users? --- Note that I say "inexperienced". I will concede that this would probably be a corner case on a wiki like Wikipedia, for example, where only the most trusted, experienced users would have the necessary userrights, and they would very rarely find themselves in a position to self-demote. But I frequent Wikia more than I do Wikipedia, and on Wikia it is more of an issue. By default, end users of Wikia only have three user rights available to promote: sysop, bureaucrat, rollback. Newbie users will create silly duplicate wikis about Pokémon, for example, and in a fit of enthusiasm promote random Wikians they meet who have zero edits on their wiki to admin+bureaucrat. This can interfere with other aspects of Wikia (like adoption), so the user (who may be very inexperienced himself) goes to UserRights to demote himself, uninterested in the wiki, and finds himself in the trap I described. --- As a last word, I take issue with your wording about consequences: you seem to be implying they'll jump the gun and regret it afterwards, which is not the issue being discussed. -- 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
