https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55718

--- Comment #8 from MZMcBride <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> (In reply to comment #6)
>> From the revision tag, we can see that the edit was made via an OAuth
>> application. How do you prove or disprove that this application was
>> authorized to make an edit on your behalf?
> 
> Because if it wasn't then it couldn't have made the edit? It's like asking
> how you prove or disprove that someone had the user right to delete a page 
> that
> they deleted.

Surely I needn't be the one to point out that all user groups changes are
logged in MediaWiki core (cf. [[Special:Log/rights]]). :-)

> A better example, perhaps, would be if you wanted to be able to audit when
> exactly you gave that app permission to make edits on your behalf.

Sure, human memory being notoriously fickle is another great reason to keep a
log. I nearly mentioned this above, but forgot. (-;

I think logging privilege escalation and de-escalation is an obvious feature to
include, though I can't do more than shrug at some of the responses on this bug
report. I think time and experience will bear me out on this one.

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