On Mon, 11 Aug 2014, at 12:12, MZMcBride wrote:
Hi.
The German Wikipedia has evaluated and decided against the default use of
MediaViewer on its project (preferring opt-in, rather than opt-out). Erik
has made it his mission to impose MediaViewer on the German Wikipedia
using Wikimedia Foundation staff coercion (cf.
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/153302> and
<https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/153345>). Both changes have been pushed
through hastily and have had negative repercussions as a result (missing
translations, disrupted workflows, etc.). From a recent Bugzilla comment
about the latter change, "it's clear this change was a kneejerk reaction
without a lot of thought as to the effects."
The security of the entire MediaWiki infrastructure, which in turn is the
security of a large portion of Wikimedia wikis, heavily relies on the idea
that local administrators can be trusted. With his provocative actions,
Erik has declared war on the German Wikipedia.
Given this, there are options for the German Wikipedians. This is a
non-exhaustive list and may not reflect the latest waste of developer and
system administrator resources coerced by Erik.
Write an extension which removes superprotect from the wiki. Get local consencus on
installing that.
svetlana