Currently, there seems to be no way for front-end users to check whether $wgEnableMultiBlocks is enabled on a given wiki. This complicates the development of JavaScript tools related to user blocking, since any action=block request with the newblock parameter set to true will always fail when the variable is not enabled.
I propose adding an enablemultiblocks field to the ApiQuerySiteinfo module.
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Expose $wgEnableMultiBlocks in meta=siteinfo | mediawiki/core | master | +1 -0 |
Change #1187969 had a related patch set uploaded (by Dragoniez; author: Dragoniez):
[mediawiki/core@master] Expose $wgEnableMultiBlocks in meta=siteinfo
I instead believe $wgEnableMultiBlocks is a temporary setting that should be finally removed (similar to $wgEnablePartialBlocks which is already removed).
Patch in itself is fine, but I would also be interested to know how long living the $wg is expected to be.
Of course, it's added in 1.42, meaning it's part of the 1.43 LTS...