https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=42171

--- Comment #5 from Lupo <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #3)
> Per-group gadgets aren't in line with MediaWiki's access control model which
> is right- not group-based. That is, if your gadget is related to editing, make
> it require edit rights. If it's related to countervandalism, require rollback
> and so on.

Then that model has already been subverted by the autoconfirmed and bot
"rights", which are clearly "marker rights" introduced as work-arounds for
there not being group-based access control. It would be easy and logical to add
to that a "user" marker right.

In the precise case, it's a gadget that makes certain editing operations
easier, but people don't want to enable it for non-logged-in users (because of
vandalism concerns). Strikes me as completely legitimate. But rights=edit
doesn't fit the bill, that would enable the gadget for all users. We can (and
*do*) work-around this limitation by using the "purge" right as suggested by
Krinkle, but that's a hack.

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