Last modified: 2014-05-21 16:22:36 UTC
The English Wikipedia has decided that the new move-categorypages right should only be granted to administrators, rather than to all users.
Change 132947 had a related patch set uploaded by Jackmcbarn: Restrict the move-categorypages right on enwiki https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/132947
Whoa, whoa, whoa, wait. I do *not* see a consensus for this change. I see three editors that are for this change, and more than three that aren't really sure or are outright against the change. Now, I don't personally have a strong position on this, but decision-by-I-filed-a-bug isn't proper, so I'd like to move for this patch to be pulled until an actual consensus develops. - Sven
Link for context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Category_pages_will_be_movable_soon
(In reply to Sven Manguard from comment #2) > I'd like to move for this patch to be pulled until an actual consensus develops. Enwiki community can't force us (MediaWiki developers) to revert a patch on master. If they really want don't want this feature to be used by just anyone, they'll need to form a consensus about restricting the right before WMF deploy the software update including the patch on Thursday the 22nd.
Alex Monk: I think we might be talking past each other. To clarify, when I said "I'd like to move for this patch to be pulled until an actual consensus develops.", I was referring to the patch mentioned by Gerrit Notification Bot in this thread (by Jackmcbarn, which I presume would have restricted to administrators the ability to move categories on English Wikipedia), *not* the patch to deploy the ability to move categories. Basically, I was just trying to make sure that the ability to move categories isn't restricted to just administrators on English Wikipedia when it deploys. Jackmcbarn's comment above is disingenuous; there is no consensus for restricting access right now. As you can probably tell, I'm not terribly good at speaking in the terms that developers use; I apologize for any confusion.
(In reply to Sven Manguard from comment #5) > Alex Monk: I think we might be talking past each other. > > To clarify, when I said "I'd like to move for this patch to be pulled until > an actual consensus develops.", I was referring to the patch mentioned by > Gerrit Notification Bot in this thread (by Jackmcbarn, which I presume would > have restricted to administrators the ability to move categories on English > Wikipedia), *not* the patch to deploy the ability to move categories. Oops. Yes, of course you were. My bad, sorry.
Correcting status and applying correct keyword.
Change 132947 abandoned by Jackmcbarn: Restrict the move-categorypages right on enwiki Reason: Per bug https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/132947
When I posted this request, it seemed like there was consensus, since 3 editors supported it and I was the only one not pushing for it. However, since then, it has became clear that consensus has not been established, so I am withdrawing this request.
