<div dir="ltr">Wasn't this patch was reverted ?<div>Anyway it is a patch within MediaWiki software, which may be useful with some wikis outside Wikimedia. It i not a patch meant to be used on Wikimedia projects without discussions ab out how "superadmins" will be designated and without a policy about their nomination and permitted actions.</div>
<div>The patch is initially WITHOUT any user allowed (not even any existing default admin groups). I think that if it is integrated in Wikiemdia projects, they will include some existing administrator groups but there will be a need for discussing which groups to include in them; my opinionis that if they are implemented, all their actions will need to be coordinated by a common action approved by at least two or three admins in this group, which are also admins on distinct wikimedia projects; to avoid superabuse.</div>
<div>But without a policy, no one can be nominated for now (and I don't think that even the WMF staff should be member of this group, unless they are nominated by the community).</div><div><br></div><div>I don't see why you take this decision so fast when this has not even been deployed and this patch was even reverted !</div>
<div><br></div><div>There are tons of options in MediaWiki that are not used in Wikimedia projects but meant for other wikis (including wikis for closed proprietary projects).</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2014-08-10 17:43 GMT+02:00 Tomasz W. Kozłowski <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:twkozlowski@gmail.com" target="_blank">twkozlowski@gmail.com</a>></span>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hello translators,<br>
it is with great regret that I am forced to suspend my activity on<br>
Tech News with immediate effect.<br>
<br>
After <<a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/" target="_blank">https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/</a>> was merged and<br>
deployed to the Wikimedia cluster earlier today, implementing a new<br>
protection level which prevents volunteer Wikimedians from editing<br>
certain wiki pages, I can no longer in good conscience support the<br>
Wikimedia Foundation.<br>
<br>
<<a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/" target="_blank">https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/</a>> is a change that I find<br>
completely unacceptable. It is a change that stands in direct<br>
contradiction to the wonderful cooperation between the Foundation and<br>
the volunteer community that's been Tech News.<br>
<br>
It has been a great pleasure working with you on Tech News for the<br>
past year, but after this disgusting usurpation of power and sickening<br>
cheek towards the community, I am forced to suspend my involvement<br>
with Tech News.<br>
<br>
>From now on, I will neither work on the English version of Tech News,<br>
nor translate future issues into Polish.<br>
<br>
If you agree with my feelings towards this change, please consider<br>
suspending your translations of Tech News as well as other volunteer<br>
translations you are doing for the Foundation (especially if they are<br>
fundraising translations).<br>
<br>
I am planning to suspend my involvement with Tech News until<br>
<<a href="https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/" target="_blank">https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/</a>> is reverted but until<br>
that day comes, I cannot volunteer my time and effort for the<br>
Foundation any further.<br>
<br>
The current issue of Tech News will be published by Guillaume<br>
tomorrow, as usual. I have no information about the future issues, but<br>
perhaps Tech News can continue without me.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your time, and the best of luck to you all.<br>
<br>
Tomasz<br>
<br>
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