On 30.06.2008, 1:47 Thomas wrote:
2008/6/29 Brion Vibber <brion(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
> Voice of All wrote:
>> I'd keep it. Some site admins may not feel comfortable with sysops being
able
>> to block large portions of internet users, especially if they don't know
>> what they are doing. But, yes, not used much.
>
> $wgSysopUserBans controls the ability to block individual user accounts.
Is there any difference at all between
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['block']
= true;
and
$wgSysopUserBans = true;
?
If not, then it should certainly be deprecated (and
should have been
as soon as the current user rights system was implemented, really).
The first permits sysops to block in principle, the second - to block
registered users. It's enabled everywhere and I haven't heard about a
single wiki where it's currently set to false. The only reason for its
existence in the first place was lack of policy[1] and absense of such
a feature in UseMod. Apparently, after everyone came to agreement that
blocking users is OK[2], this setting stopped making any sense.
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[1]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2003-August/005859.html
[2]
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikitech-l/2003-September/thread.html
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Best regards,
Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]])