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Restrict tag changing to sysops by default (in MediaWiki core)
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The ability to edit tags on individual revisions and log entries should be restricted to sysops by default, as the feature might be subject to abuse.

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GTrang renamed this task from Restrict tag managment to sysops by default to Restrict tag management to sysops by default.Jan 8 2017, 3:35 PM
MGChecker renamed this task from Restrict tag management to sysops by default to Restrict tag changing to sysops by default.Jan 8 2017, 4:44 PM

@GeoffreyT2000: Have you experienced any abuse of that feature?

I have. I'm certain there were some tasks after deploying, but they are probably closed now.

Is this still desired / is there consensus to implement this change?

The ability to edit tags on individual revisions and log entries can be restricted to sysops with $wgGroupPermissions.

I didn’t see this task when creating my own, I apologize. Since work is already underway in that task, I will close this one as a duplicate :) Thanks!

I feel potentially inclined to unmerge/re-open this task — T355639 is (and/or has become) a task to track changing the config settings in Wikimedia production; whereas this task sounds like it's proposing to change the default in core MediaWiki itself.

A_smart_kitten renamed this task from Restrict tag changing to sysops by default to Restrict tag changing to sysops by default (in MediaWiki core).Oct 9 2025, 1:44 PM
A_smart_kitten reopened this task as Open.

Reopening per my previous comment. To be clear, I don't really have an opinion on this right now myself, but IMO it makes sense to track this proposed change to the core MediaWiki defaults separately from the proposed change to the config on WMF wikis.