[Wikidata-bugs] [Maniphest] [Updated] T171484: When checking permissions in the context of applying the "clear" flag in wbeditentity, only check effective modifications.

Wed, 02 Aug 2017 07:07:24 -0700

daniel added a comment.

According to the analysis of P5835 (see comments), it seems that the "clear" lag is used primarily to completely empty out an entity in preparation of turning it into a redirect. We could continue supporting this used case by keeping the "clear" flag, but disallowing any data to be re-added to the entity in the same request. That would avoid the need for determining the "effective" edit for checking permissions, etc.

If we want to remove the clear flag or change semantics, the following tools will be the ones most heavily affected:

  • User:PLbot
  • User:XXN-bot
  • MediaWiki:Gadget-Merge.js
  • MediaWiki:Guidedtour-lib.js

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