OK in that case I think this should be done. On Mon, Jun 11, 2018 at 3:40 PM, Thiemo Kreuz <[email protected]> wrote: >> Is there any historical evidence that sysops being able to edit JS / CSS >> caused some serious issues? > > Oh yes, this happens more often than I feel it needs to. I remember a > situation when I posted a fix for a script in the MediaWiki:… > namespace as an {{edit request}}, and a well-meaning administrator > tried to "improve" my line of code and forgot a comma, breaking all > JavaScript for all logged-in as well as not logged-in Wikipedia > editors and readers for some painful minutes. > > I believe such can be avoided with more clear roles that are visible > for everybody. A separate "tech admin" role would also allow > volunteers to apply for exactly that, and not be asked why they don't > do enough "administrator actions" with their privileges. > > Sure, this is anecdotal evidence. Please forgive me, but I currently > don't have the time to find the pages documenting these situation. > > Best > Thiemo > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
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