On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:02 PM, Marc A. Pelletier <m...@uberbox.org>wrote:
> On 04/21/2014 09:16 AM, Nathan wrote: > > Do WMF accounts still get the staff usergroup? > > Most accounts of staff and contractors do not get that usergroup: it is > a very highly privileged group that includes pretty much every > permission on every wiki, and access to it is on a strictly-needed basis. > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalUsers/Staff lists some 40 > accounts with the right - out of >160 staff - mostly of accounts held by > people in LCA. > > So the presence of the group is not a usable discriminant. > > -- Marc > > Of the 120 staffers that don't have a "staff account", how many have accounts with (WMF) in the username - or accounts at all? I'd think that unless employees had a predictable reason for editing qua staff, they wouldn't need the (WMF) indicator or a staff flag, right? In any case, a little off track with the initial proposal, which sounds like it doesn't have a ton of support. _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
