I'm an admin on en, and have blocked myself for a week for a wikiholiday. I happened to check my watchlist at work (while being logged in), and discovered rapidly that the admin "rollback" feature is not inhibited by blocking (see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=...). Okay, the blocking of admins is a rare occurrence, but I believe this security issue might need addressing...
Jacob
On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 13:37:26 +0100, J.F. de Wolff jfdwolff@doctors.org.uk wrote:
I'm an admin on en, and have blocked myself for a week for a wikiholiday. I happened to check my watchlist at work (while being logged in), and discovered rapidly that the admin "rollback" feature is not inhibited by blocking (see http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Special:Contributions&target=...). Okay, the blocking of admins is a rare occurrence, but I believe this security issue might need addressing...
Admins can unblock themselves while blocked, as well. If this is really an issue, the admin in question can be desysopped.
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