Author: netoholic
Description:
The new "Raw signatures" feature unfortunately allows users to use templates.
One user on English Wikipedia in particular uses
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Vip as his signature, and now we're
facing a problem cleaning that up (we're discussion merging or deleting that
template).
I'd prefer if "Raw signatures" was removed again, but at the very least it
should not interpret template inclusions.
Version: unspecified
Severity: critical
| Title | Reference | Author | Source Branch | Dest Branch | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| manage favicon with appearance script | repos/releng/gitlab-settings!55 | jelto | add-favicon | main | |
| update header_logo to use 4px stroke | repos/releng/gitlab-settings!54 | jelto | update-logo-4px | main | |
| add dedicated logos for header and login | repos/releng/gitlab-settings!52 | jelto | add-dedicated-login-logo | main | |
| add script to change appearance | repos/releng/gitlab-settings!51 | jelto | add-appearance | main | |
| Rename HTTP_PROXY to HTTPS_PROXY | repos/mediawiki/services/ipoid!152 | tchanders | https-proxy | main | |
| Bump release version | repos/search-platform/flink-rdf-streaming-updater!13 | bking | main | main | |
| Draft: build: Migrate image from node16 to node18 | repos/abstract-wiki/wikifunctions/function-orchestrator!75 | jforrester | T349118 | main | |
| get-feed: Support using a proxy with axios | repos/mediawiki/services/ipoid!144 | kharlan | T349171-9634 | main |
netoholic wrote:
After looking into this more, it seems that using a transcluded signature
(usually pointing to {{User:Username/sig}}) has become
increasingly "fasionable" on Wikipedia. The problem is that the links table
is getting flooded, server caches for all those talk pages are purged when
the signature is changed, and signatures like this become vandalism targets.
Please address ASAP.
netoholic wrote:
That may be true right now, but that was not true prior to when the "raw
signature" setting was made available.
That is a 100% false statement. The signature has never ever under any
circumstances been able to produce output that cannot be produced by
typing or cut and paste, and it never will be able to do so.