Splitting this out to a separate thread.
Description page:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GWToolset
Bug:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=56181
Gerrit change set:
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/101061
Bryan Davis wrote:
GWToolset will only be usable by users in the new
'gwtoolset' user group
[0]. The admins on Commons will have control of the membership of this
group via the usual means.
Aha, right. Thanks for the pointer. Looking at HEAD of
mediawiki/extensions/GWToolset/GWToolset.php, I see:
---
$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_GWTOOLSET] = 'GWToolset';
$wgExtraNamespaces[NS_GWTOOLSET_TALK] = 'GWToolset_talk';
$wgNamespaceProtection[NS_GWTOOLSET] = array( 'gwtoolset' );
$wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_GWTOOLSET] = true;
$wgNamespacesWithSubpages[NS_GWTOOLSET_TALK] = true;
// add user permissions
$wgGroupPermissions["gwtoolset"]["gwtoolset"] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions["gwtoolset"]["upload_by_url"] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['gwtoolset'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['gwtoolset-debug'] = true;
---
Has this extension been tested on any of the phase 0 wikis (testwiki,
test2wiki, mediawikiwiki)? I'm not sure the current configuration will
allow local admins to add the "gwtoolset" user group. By default, I
believe this capability is restricted to bureaucrats on Wikimedia wikis
unless explicitly overridden via $wgAddGroups.
Looking at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Help:Extension:GWToolset and
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Permalink/840232#MediaWiki_namespace
doesn't really explain to me what the purpose of the new namespace is and
why it's restricted. The namespace name "GWToolset" seems _really_ opaque
as well. A name like "GLAM" would at least be vaguely familiar to
Wikimedians. I doubt anyone will know what "GWToolset" means. Before this
extension is deployed to Commons, I think we should strongly consider
tweaking the namespace name.
Thank you for your work on this. I'm personally unsure this extension is
ready for primetime on a production wiki next week, but if you think so, I
will trust your judgment. I think any work we can do to bolster the user
documentation and prepare the Commoners for the change will be time very
well spent.
MZMcBride