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API should allow blocking/unblocking using userid
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Please allow blocking/unblocking by userid, not username. (action=block/action=unblock)

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Version: 1.20.x
Severity: enhancement

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bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Low.Nov 22 2014, 12:00 AM
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Still there is a patch in gerrit that somebody could pick up - restoring keyword.

Change 325802 had a related patch set uploaded (by Subins2000):
Block API - Allow blocking/unblocking using userid

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/325802

Dereckson added subscribers: Umherirrender, Dereckson.

@Umherirrender Do you remember a case you'd found this useful? That could be interesting you provide a use case to inspire documentation.

Change 325802 merged by jenkins-bot:
Block API: Allow blocking/unblocking by user's ID

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/325802

@Umherirrender Do you remember a case you'd found this useful? That could be interesting you provide a use case to inspire documentation.

This was created to complete the list of modules missing an id parameter as documented in T21195, there is no specific use case you can use for documentation (and when I would need it 5 years ago I would have now a workaround and did not know a use case any more)