Brian M wrote:
Some people asking around about a new group that appears to have been globally rolled out to WMF wiki's; default name "basic" with only permission "torunblocked" - can anyone point me to this change?
Possibly related from early 2016: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/259062. Specifically: https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/259062/9/includes/DefaultSettings.php.
Cross-referencing the on-wiki discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=732017821#footer.
Then new questions arise. What suddenly(?) changed to expose this user group? And why isn't the "highvolume" user group similarly exposed?
MZMcBride