Erwin Dokter wrote: >On 10-08-2014 15:35, svetlana wrote: >> This change solves a problem that does not exist. >> We either trust sysops, or we don't. > >I concur. There are enough admins available to revert bad code >additions. Also, this measure is completely without effect. > >*Suppose* I were a rogue admin wanting to add some bad code to common.js >that disables some WMF feature; I will be reverted by staff and >common.js is superprotected. > >Oh well, I'll just create a hidden default gadget... Happy hunting!
Page protection doesn't persist if you delete and restore the page, as a German Wikipedia admin has now pointed out with "MediaWiki:Common.js". I agree with svetlana as well: the security of the entire MediaWiki infrastructure, which in turn is the security of a large portion of Wikimedia wikis, relies on the idea that local administrators can be trusted. Erik has now personally re-super-protected "MediaWiki:Common.js" and he continues to stoke the fires of war with the German Wikipedia. MZMcBride _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
