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In T150826 unblockself was removed from admins on all WMF wikis. But this raises a potential problem: if an abuse filter is set up to block users on triggering, and it blocks an administrator, the administrator cannot unblock themselves. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Miscellaneous&oldid=19373678#Unblock_DannyS712_on_mediawiki for an example of this happening.

Administrators automatically by an abuse filter (or any user with `block` rights) should be able to unblock themselves, even if they lack the `unblockself` right Background: In {T150826} `unblockself` was removed from admins on all WMF wikis. But this raises a potential problem: if an abuse filter is set up to block users on triggering, and it blocks an administrator, the administrator cannot unblock themselves. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Miscellaneous&oldid=19373678#Unblock_DannyS712_on_mediawiki for an example of this happening.

In T150826 unblockselfAdministrators automatically by an abuse filter (or any user with `block` rights) should be able to unblock themselves, even if they lack the `unblockself` right Background: In {T150826} `unblockself` was removed from admins on all WMF wikis. But this raises a potential problem: if an abuse filter is set up to block users on triggering, and it blocks an administrator, the administrator cannot unblock themselves. See https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Steward_requests/Miscellaneous&oldid=19373678#Unblock_DannyS712_on_mediawiki for an example of this happening.