Hi, > etc. These are important capabilities of the wiki that have been used > for many clearly beneficial purposes. In the long run, we will want to > apply a code review process to these changes as with any other > deployed code, but for now the system works as it is and we have no > intent to remove this capability.
I first thought when witnessing the explicit removal of some lines of code from the German MediaWiki:Common.js [0] followed by the alteration of permission (meaning the assignment of the newly created <superprotect> right) to the same page was a coincidence. Now, having observed that not only user Eloquence (aka Erik Moeller) himself engaged in the enforcement of <superprotect> right on de.wp [1] but soon after a workaround was published a change was deployed [2, 3] as counter measurement to block any possible interference can no longer be interpret as acting in good faith but rather strikes me as a form of oppression (or worst as censorship). > This protection level provides an additional path to manage these > situations by preventing edits to the relevant pages (we're happy to > help apply any urgent edits) until a particular situation has calmed > down. What situation did emerge that such drastic measures were/are necessary? [0] https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Common.js&diff=prev&oldid=132946422 [1] https://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki%3ACommon.js&action=historysubmit&diff=132951396&oldid=132951390 [2] https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153345/ + https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153351/ [3] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=69380 Cheers On 8/10/14, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks, > > Admins are currently given broad leeway to customize the user > experience for all users, including addition of site-wide JS, CSS, > etc. These are important capabilities of the wiki that have been used > for many clearly beneficial purposes. In the long run, we will want to > apply a code review process to these changes as with any other > deployed code, but for now the system works as it is and we have no > intent to remove this capability. > > However, we've clarified in a number of venues that use of the > MediaWiki: namespace to disable site features is unacceptable. If such > a conflict arises, we're prepared to revoke permissions if required. > This protection level provides an additional path to manage these > situations by preventing edits to the relevant pages (we're happy to > help apply any urgent edits) until a particular situation has calmed > down. > > Thanks, > Erik > -- > Erik Möller > VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
