| • bzimport | |
| Dec 9 2005, 4:38 PM |
| F2482: newuser-or-olduser.patch | |
| Nov 21 2014, 8:58 PM |
Author: robchur
Description:
Patch to follow adds a user to "newuser" or "olduser" automatically, if logged
in; depends upon User->isNewbie(). Also replaces the junk in Special:Move with
proper user rights detection, as an example of how this might be useful -
presently, you can't allow new users to move using $wgGroupRights, due to
hard-coding in. Oh, and it fixes a comment, too. :)
Version: 1.6.x
Severity: enhancement
robchur wrote:
Forgot to mention that it's against User.php (for the group bit),
SpecialMovepage.php (for the rights detection) and DefaultSettings.php (to add
backwards-compatible prevention of moving by new users, by default).
robchur wrote:
Avar raised a valid point; this chucks up yet another medium-large SQL query for
every hit. Performance wise, I'd say not brilliant. Might just abandon it unless
I can think of a better way.
I think this feature would give us a clean way to define rights of "new" vs.
"old" users. What is actually missing is a decent and efficient way to determine
if a user is "new". For this purpose, I would suggest to record the date of
creation and date of first edit with every user account. Possibly plus an edit
counter (or even an edit counter per namespace, as avar suggested).
IMHO, this bug should stay open but be blocked by a separate feature request for
the edit tracking as described above.
robchur wrote:
The original basis for this request has been dealt with following the
introduction of the autoconfirmed group.