Brion Vibber wrote: > MZMcBride wrote: >> Given that the Renameuser extension now uses the job queue for renames >> involving over 10,000 edits (and thus no longer locking the site for large >> renames), is there any technical reason not to give administrators the >> renameuser right? > > Renaming a user who doesn't expect it would be very disruptive. This > isn't something we'd really want to give out to every sysop. > > I'd much rather see a sensible system for self-renames (with decent > throttling, checks, etc) > > -- brion
And manual approval. 'niceuser' suddenly renaming itself to "Brion is a ***" is not good. And bureaucrats being throttled so it can't be unrenamed worse. (And worst if it's a legitimate account which has been compromised) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
