On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Laurentius <laurentius.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Il giorno gio, 05/11/2015 alle 18.35 +0100, Quim Gil ha scritto: > > Superprotect [1] was introduced by the Wikimedia Foundation to resolve > > a > > product development disagreement. We have not used it for resolving a > > dispute since. Consequently, today we are removing Superprotect from > > Wikimedia servers. > > This is great news! > > Just to understand, is it still present in MediaWiki but not active on > Wikimedia sites or it not in the MediaWiki code anymore? > There is no code specific to "superprotect"; it's the exact same MediaWiki permissions/protection system that lets users in the 'sysop' group override the ability of anonymous or regular users to edit particular pages. Technically nothing has changed -- particular protection levels can be added and removed via configuration at any time if they are needed. In other words -- ignore the superprotect red herring! Please look at the documentation of the product process and give feedback on that, it's much, MUCH more important: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WMF_Product_Development_Process -- brion _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
