https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=72145
Bug ID: 72145
Summary: Add $wgBlockGroups and $wgUnblockGroups configuration
settings for controlling which groups of users people
in various groups are allowed to block and unblock
Product: MediaWiki
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: All
Status: NEW
Severity: normal
Priority: Unprioritized
Component: User blocking
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
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Currently, anyone with the "block" right is able to block any user. Because of
this, situations sometimes arise in which sysops get in wheel wars pointlessly
blocking and unblocking each other until a bureaucrat intervenes.
It would be better to make it possible to prevent sysops from blocking or
unblocking other sysops. So, I propose creating $wgBlockGroups and
$wgUnblockGroups config settings that are analogous to $wgAddGroups and
$wgRemoveGroups. E.g.:
$wgBlockGroups['bureaucrat'] = true;
$wgBlockGroups['sysop'] = array( 'autoconfirmed', 'bot' );
This would prevent a sysop from blocking a user who is in a group other than
'autoconfirmed' or 'bot'.
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