To enable the permissions scheme for the API Portal defined in T249834, prevent users in the Users group from editing pages in the User namespace.
To do:
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| Configured additional settings for API Portal beta wiki | operations/mediawiki-config | master | +23 -12 |
Can I ask... why?
This seems an awkward limitation to prevent users changing their own user pages
Perhaps a variation of https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:AbuseFilter/161 instead? "Prevent standard users from editing others' user pages" - set it so that only users with docseditor can edit other users' user pages (tweak the filter by changing the right checked for on line 3)
I agree that it's awkward. The reasoning is that restricting editing will reduce the amount of patrolling needed to support the site during the initial launch and evaluation period.
Change 619339 had a related patch set uploaded (by Cicalese; owner: Cicalese):
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Configured additional settings for API Portal beta wiki
Change 619339 merged by jenkins-bot:
[operations/mediawiki-config@master] Configured additional settings for API Portal beta wiki
I've tested this and it now works as expected.
Thanks for the feedback, everyone! I'll keep these suggestions and feedback in mind as we move forward with this project. I really appreciate it!