Jelle Zijlstra wrote:
2011/7/26 Platonides
The requester clarified the request today: So for example if the user removes the email address, or replaces it with another but doesn't verify it, the user rights associated with their user group are automatically suspended, until a verified email address is provided, when they're automatically re-enabled.
I think this is already the case. If it's not, it's a bug. "Sysops only have sysop powers if autoconfirmed" would be a bit hard to configure but I think is also already possible.
That would not necessarily be a good idea. Enwiki has some adminbots that
only perform deletions/protections/whatever and don't make any edits. They'd never get autoconfirmed, unless the bot owner would do some otherwise useless edits with them.
Jelle
Sorry. I was not clear here. The "this is already the case" refered to losing the email confirmed status when you change your email address.
Attaching sysop powers to that status would require arcane configuration using $wgAutopromote.
Also, email confirmation is different than autoconfirmed status, the later was used meaning the former.