https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23126
--- Comment #10 from oscar <[email protected]> 2010-05-03 22:58:14 UTC --- (In reply to comment #9) > (In reply to comment #7) > > (In reply to comment #6) > > > The rewrite was intended to allow users to log in but not edit - to make > > > it > > > more analagous to a *b*lock. Automatic account creation should not be > > > permitted, however. > > > > That's wrong perespective. The correct perespective is: automatic creation > > of > > user account should not be harmful. > > At a minimum, when hidden or suppressed, it is! > > I'd argue (and it has always been this way until now) that locking should > actually *stop* the user. > concur with mike + automatic creation of locked accounts gives extra work to more wikis where admins will (superfluously) block these accounts, unaware that a lock was in place. so yes, harmful and a waste of community resources as well. -- Configure bugmail: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/userprefs.cgi?tab=email ------- You are receiving this mail because: ------- You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
