Hi all, I'm sorry to repeat, but I would like to hear some thoughts on this question. Also added a clarification for one of the lines.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2014, at 22:26, svetlana wrote: > > Hi all. > > I understand the Engineering folks used superprotect instead of /undoing/ the > edit and adding 'This is a WMF action.' in edit summary. Could I please be > enlightened on the reasoning behind that? > > I suppose people could go and try editing other JS pages and cause havoc, but > that's still possible where superprotect only affects a single page and not a > namespace. Or can entire namespaces be protected and this new user right was > intended to be able to prevent that easily? This is worded poorly, I mean - "or can entire namespaces be protected and the new user right was intended as a means to easily revoke mediawiki:* access? > > Svetlana. svetlana _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
