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User rights for "template editor" on hi.wikipedia
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Hi,
On Hindi wiki new user rights were created through task T120342. We have one such user (template editor) and he has complained that he is unable to edit templates under cascading protection (for main page). Please help!

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SatyamMishra created this task.Apr 30 2016, 8:21 AM
Restricted Application added a subscriber: Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptApr 30 2016, 8:21 AM
Peachey88 added a project: Wikimedia-Site-requests.Apr 30 2016, 8:44 AM
Restricted Application added subscribers: JEumerus, Matanya. · View Herald TranscriptApr 30 2016, 8:44 AM
Peachey88 edited projects, added WMF-General-or-Unknown; removed Wikimedia-Site-requests.Apr 30 2016, 8:44 AM
JEumerus added a comment.Apr 30 2016, 9:07 AM

Cascade protection intentionally allows only those people to edit who have the "protect" right. Otherwise one could protect a page simply by transcluding it in a cascade-protected page even without having the "protect" right.

Danny_B closed this task as Invalid.Apr 30 2016, 11:13 AM
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Closing per @JEumerus

Danny_B removed a subscriber: Danny_B.Apr 30 2016, 11:13 AM
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