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Disable $wgBlockDisablesLogin for wikimediafoundation.org
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Please set $wgBlockDisablesLogin false for wikimediafoundation.org.

In https://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=InitialiseSettings.php it is currently set to:

'foundationwiki' => 'true', // RT #690

which can just be deleted.

It makes no sense to have this enabled since wmf.org is a public wiki and it only prevents them from editing their talk page while blocked, which is not a concern.

There was also some discussion at https://wikimediafoundation.org/?oldid=87432 about disabling the setting.

I will ask Guillom and Philippe to comment here as well.

Version: wmf-deployment
Severity: normal

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bz44473

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• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 1:20 AM
• bzimport added a project: Wikimedia-Site-requests.
• bzimport set Reference to bz44473.
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Legoktm created this task.Jan 29 2013, 5:46 PM
• gpaumier added a comment.Jan 29 2013, 5:51 PM

Yup, this setting doesn't make sense for foundationwiki.

It was added as part of a more general request (tracked in that RT ticket) to permanently disable accounts on private wikis. When it was pointed out that $wgBlockDisablesLogin would do the job, it was asked to enable it on those private wikis, and foundationwiki was added to the request even though it didn't make sense there, because it's a public wiki.

Legoktm added a comment.Jan 30 2013, 12:44 AM

gerrit change #46653 was merged and:

<+logmsgbot>!log dzahn synchronized ./wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php

Dzahn added a comment.Jan 30 2013, 12:45 AM

Done and removed.

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/46653/1/wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php

16:51 <+logmsgbot> !log dzahn synchronized ./wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php

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