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Update edit permissions for Governance wiki
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Modify edit rights on Governance wiki to restrict editing on main namespace and prepare to allow for SUL account editing on talk pages, translations, and user pages.

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foundationwiki: Restrict uploading to editor groupoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+13 -0
foundationwiki: Restrict editing of sensitive namespaces to `editor` groupoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+10 -0
[Governance wiki] Move edit rights from users to 'editor' usersoperations/mediawiki-configmaster+17 -3
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Varnent created this task.Sep 24 2018, 9:48 PM
Krenair subscribed.Sep 24 2018, 11:20 PM

Has someone actually agreed to do the work to link foundationwiki with SUL?

Varnent added a subscriber: • JAufrecht.EditedSep 24 2018, 11:22 PM
In T205350#4613060, @Krenair wrote:

Has someone actually agreed to do the work to link foundationwiki with SUL?

@Krenair: @Jdforrester-WMF is looking into it at T205347 at the request of @JAufrecht.

• MZMcBride subscribed.Sep 26 2018, 3:22 AM
Varnent added a project: Wikimedia-Site-requests.Oct 5 2018, 4:44 AM
Framawiki moved this task from Backlog to Config - to process on the Wikimedia-Site-requests board.Oct 7 2018, 10:00 AM
Framawiki subscribed.
Varnent moved this task from Incoming requests to Translation related on the Wikimedia Foundation Governance Wiki (foundation.wikimedia.org) board.Oct 16 2018, 8:59 PM
Varnent triaged this task as Medium priority.Oct 19 2018, 5:46 PM
gerritbot subscribed.Nov 9 2018, 12:17 AM

Change 472604 had a related patch set uploaded (by Jforrester; owner: Jforrester):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] [Governance wiki] Move edit rights from users to 'editor' users

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/472604

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Nov 9 2018, 12:17 AM
Jdforrester-WMF claimed this task.Nov 9 2018, 12:18 AM
Jdforrester-WMF mentioned this in T205347: Enable SUL accounts on Governance wiki.
Jony subscribed.Jul 9 2020, 5:22 PM
Base subscribed.Feb 15 2021, 12:25 PM
Aklapper edited projects, added Patch-Needs-Improvement; removed Patch-For-Review.May 25 2021, 9:01 PM
Aklapper removed Jdforrester-WMF as the assignee of this task.Jul 2 2021, 5:20 AM

Removing task assignee due to inactivity, as this open task has been assigned for more than two years (see emails sent to assignee on May26 and Jun17, and T270544). Please assign this task to yourself again if you still realistically [plan to] work on this task - it would be very welcome!

(See https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Bug_management/Assignee_cleanup for tips how to best manage your individual work in Phabricator.)

Urbanecm_WMF claimed this task.Sep 1 2021, 1:30 PM
Urbanecm_WMF edited parent tasks, added: T205347: Enable SUL accounts on Governance wiki; removed: T205345: Repurposing of Foundation wiki as Governance wiki (Tracking task).
Urbanecm_WMF added a project: User-Urbanecm_WMF (GovWiki).
gerritbot added a comment.Sep 1 2021, 3:20 PM

Change 472604 abandoned by Urbanecm:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] [Governance wiki] Move edit rights from users to 'editor' users

Reason:

reflecting reality, will be superseded by my own patches

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/472604

gerritbot added a comment.Sep 3 2021, 2:48 PM

Change 717437 had a related patch set uploaded (by Urbanecm; author: Urbanecm):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] foundationwiki: Restrict editing of sensitive namespaces to `editor` group

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/717437

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Sep 3 2021, 2:48 PM
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gerritbot added a comment.Sep 3 2021, 4:48 PM

Change 717497 had a related patch set uploaded (by Urbanecm; author: Urbanecm):

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] foundationwiki: Restrict uploading to editor group

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/717497

Urbanecm_WMF closed subtask T205352: Create new user group for editors on Governance wiki as Resolved.Sep 6 2021, 11:07 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Oct 19 2021, 6:14 PM

Change 717437 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] foundationwiki: Restrict editing of sensitive namespaces to `editor` group

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/717437

gerritbot added a comment.Oct 19 2021, 6:14 PM

Change 717497 merged by jenkins-bot:

[operations/mediawiki-config@master] foundationwiki: Restrict uploading to editor group

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/717497

Stashbot added a comment.Oct 19 2021, 6:17 PM

Mentioned in SAL (#wikimedia-operations) [2021-10-19T18:17:56Z] <urbanecm@deploy1002> Synchronized wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php: 1476a2d93: dd8393c1a0: foundationwiki: Restrict sensitive namespaces to editor group (T205350) (duration: 01m 03s)

Urbanecm_WMF closed this task as Resolved.Oct 19 2021, 6:19 PM

Done: @Varnent gave the go-ahead for the restriction, so I just did it.

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