Maniphest T172039

Inappropriate Herald rule
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	Sjoerddebruin
	Jul 29 2017, 2:39 PM

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I'm not happy with H239. The user (who is blocked on three projects) is getting subscribed to almost every Wikidata task and every task created by various people (including me), I feel stalked. I don't see any contribution factor in this Herald rule, I think it should be disabled. The user is already doing dubious stuff on Phabricator, including adjusting priority despite being asked multiple times not to do that.

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Mentioned Here: T162996: Disallow blocked users on mediawiki to create accounts on phabricator
T168692: Blocking an account on wikitech should disable LDAP logins

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Sjoerddebruin created this task.Jul 29 2017, 2:39 PM

Restricted Application added subscribers: PokestarFan, Aklapper. · View Herald TranscriptJul 29 2017, 2:39 PM

Sjoerddebruin moved this task from To Triage to Herald rules on the Phabricator board.Jul 29 2017, 2:40 PM

Base subscribed.Jul 29 2017, 2:46 PM

Aklapper added projects: Developer-Advocacy, Anti-Harassment-Team.Jul 29 2017, 5:29 PM

Reedy renamed this task from Unappropriate Herald rule to Inappropriate Herald rule.Jul 29 2017, 5:30 PM

User has just been blocked on Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?diff=528859918&oldid=528787115&rcid=561908372

I do not think blocks in other wikiprojcts are relevant for Phabricator.

zhuyifei1999 subscribed.Aug 1 2017, 12:05 PM

In T172039#3484390, @Base wrote:

I do not think blocks in other wikiprojcts are relevant for Phabricator.

They certainly can be informational or even be used explicitly. See also: T162996 and T168692

In the description, @Sjoerddebruin wrote:

The user is already doing dubious stuff on Phabricator, including adjusting priority despite being asked multiple times not to do that.

That should be discussed separately than this specific herald rule (or, this herald rule should be a sub-point of that larger "this user is effectively vandalizing (even in good faith) our work tracking").

Mbch331 subscribed.Aug 8 2017, 8:31 PM

(subscriber removed in the spirit of @Sjoerddebruin's request)

Matthewrbowker subscribed.Aug 9 2017, 12:56 AM

The nice thing about the rule is that it brings random tickets back to the top of the pile .. The only problem is that on some days there are hundreds.

The user could probably have done the same by subscribing to the Wikidata project.