https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69562
Bug ID: 69562
Summary: Avoid checking for large revision count on
action=delete if the user doesn't have delete
permission
Product: MediaWiki
Version: 1.24-git
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: trivial
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: Page deletion
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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Mobile Platform: ---
When doing action=delete on a page, MediaWiki is checking if the page has a
large revision count, and displaying a warning to the user telling it can't
delete the page because it has many revisions, but that message is being
displayed even if the user has no delete permission (for example, being a not
logged-in user or a normal user), which doesn't make sense.
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Steps to reproduce:
Go to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:MostRevisions , pick one page, go
to the page history and change action=history by action=delete on the URL
Be sure to not be an admin, or simply access it while not logged in.
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Expected results:
You get a message like "The action you have requested is limited to users in
the group: Administrators."
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Actual results:
In addition to the "The action you have requested is limited to users in the
group: Administrators." message, you get a "This page's edit history may exceed
5,000 revisions. To prevent accidental disruption, its deletion is restricted
to stewards. Please contact one for assistance. For past actions at this page,
see its deletion log."
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