2011/7/26 Platonides <platoni...@gmail.com> > > The requester clarified the request today: > > So for example if the user removes the email address, or replaces it > > with another but doesn't verify it, the user rights associated with > > their user group are automatically suspended, until a verified email > > address is provided, when they're automatically re-enabled. > > I think this is already the case. If it's not, it's a bug. > "Sysops only have sysop powers if autoconfirmed" would be a bit hard to > configure but I think is also already possible. > > That would not necessarily be a good idea. Enwiki has some adminbots that only perform deletions/protections/whatever and don't make any edits. They'd never get autoconfirmed, unless the bot owner would do some otherwise useless edits with them.
Jelle > > > This would be more useful if there are situations where the > > "verified" status of an existing email address can be automatically > > revoked (eg if emails to the user bounce); I'm not sure if that's > > the case but if it isn't that's a separate issue. > > > > I'm fascinated by the idea and can see arguments both ways. I thought > > I'd bring it up here to see if anyone could help me think through it. > > MediaWiki is installed on web servers. Giving a bounce email address to > the wiki is out of scope. However, I would welcome a HOWTO on > mediawiki.org about how to configure the email server to set aliases > that would launch > php maintenance/changeUser.php --you-are-no-longer-autoconfirmed > (which we would add, but would be a couple of lines anyway) > > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
