Not for any wiki; only Meta had wmf staff with admin rights, and only for use within their specific work-related areas.
I am totally unconcerned with WMF staff having the necessary permissions to do their job. They can easily be held accountable as paid employees. On Feb 14, 2017 11:53 AM, "Fæ" <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > Usecases are appearing, thanks to whomever is intervening, though in a > narrow column so hard to read. > > Now I can read it, I see that it is out of date. As a test sample, I > JethroBT (WMF) was granted m:admin rights in June, these expired by > August 2016 and were eventually removed by a volunteer steward in > October 2016. Though I JethroBT is an admin on meta right now, this > was via a separate use case dated "42676", which I presume is > November. Could the spreadsheet be properly reviewed and updated > please, including reformatting the date field so it's easy to > understand? > > Pine - yes this process of "WMF Advanced Permissions" includes admin > rights for any WMF website and so by-passes the community procedures. > > Fae > > On 14 February 2017 at 17:48, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I'm curious about what is meant by "advanced permissions" here. If that > > refers to translation administrator permissions, I have fewer concerns > > about that than I would about admin or CU/OS permissions. > > > > In general, I'm wary of WMF encroachment on Meta. Placing resources on > Meta > > that the community will use is fine and good, but WMF taking unilateral > > actions that circumvent community processes may be inappropriate. For > that > > reason, I would like to see most requests for WMF accounts to get > > permissions of admin or higher for community wikis go through the same > > community vetting process as community members do. > > > > Pine > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 5:11 AM, Fæ <fae...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> The WMF grants special rights to employees on a case-by-case basis, > >> by-passing the normal community driven process to grant admin, > >> developer and other rights. A few years ago the WMF officially > >> committed to making this process transparent, and maintains a public > >> Google Spreadsheet [1] so that anyone can check exactly when rights > >> are granted, why they are given and when they are withdrawn. > >> Previously these were mirrored on-wiki but this process broke due to > >> Google changing its proprietary spreadsheet code. > >> > >> Checking the latest version of the Google spreadsheet, the use cases > >> have been hidden, so non-employees no longer can read the reasons why > >> special rights have been granted. Can a WMF representative please > >> explain why, or restore the use cases to public view? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Fae > >> -- > >> fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > >> wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > >> wiki/Wikimedia-l > >> New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > >> <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > -- > fae...@gmail.com https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Fae > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
