Chris Steipp wrote:
>I think this should be managed similar to https-- a site preference,
>and users can override the site config with a user preference.

Please no. There's been a dedicated effort in 2014 to reduce the number
of user preferences. They're costly to maintain and they typically
indicate a design flaw: software should be sensible by default and a user
preference should only be a tool of last resort. The general issue of user
preferences-creep remains particularly acute as global (across a wikifarm)
user preferences still do not exist. Of course in this specific case,
given the relationship with CentralAuth, you probably could actually have
a wikifarm-wide user preference, but that really misses the larger point
that user preferences should be avoided, if at all possible.

I'll start a new thread about my broader thoughts here.

MZMcBride



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