If Automoderator's account is blocked, it should no longer attempt to edit on a wiki.
Because Automoderator is a system account it may continue making edits despite being blocked. If an administrator blocks the account because they're not aware that the Community Configuration form exists, but they want to stop Automoderator taking actions, then the software should respect that block.
| Status | Subtype | Assigned | Task | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | None | T372280 Enable trusted global editors to configure Automoderator on small wikis | |||
| Resolved | Kgraessle | T374365 Automoderator should respect account blocks |
Change #1075061 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kgraessle; author: Kgraessle):
[mediawiki/extensions/AutoModerator@master] Automoderator should respect account blocks
Change #1075061 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/AutoModerator@master] Automoderator should respect account blocks
Tested this on test wiki by fully blocking Automoderator and making some edits which were previously being reverted. Automoderator did not revert the edits, as expected. After unblocking it began reverting again.
I also tested with a partial block which did not apply to the edit I was making (I blocked it from the File namespace), but Automoderator still did not make a revert. That's not what users would expect to happen, but I think there's very little chance an administrator partially blocks Automoderator so I think we can handle that case if it ever comes up.
Change #1077982 had a related patch set uploaded (by Kgraessle; author: Kgraessle):
[mediawiki/extensions/AutoModerator@master] Automoderator should respect account blocks and partial blocks
Change #1077982 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/extensions/AutoModerator@master] Automoderator should respect account blocks and partial blocks
I have blocked AutoModeratorTest for 1 day to ensure no reverts go through during this time period.
I have also tested by making "fake" bad reverts on test wiki and have not seen any reverts come through since blocking AutoModeratorTest.
No reverts went through during the time that AM was blocked. I'm now setting it to be a partial block on talk pages and letting it sit for awhile to make sure a revert still kicks off on non talk pages.
The partial block functionality worked as expected. See https://test.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kangaru,_Iran&action=history
Will remove partial block from AutoModeratorTest and resolve this ticket.