Sensitive templates get protected on an as-needed basis. We welcome contributions from anon users here. On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 1:47 AM, Martijn Hoekstra <martijnhoekstra(a)gmail.com > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:13 AM, Petr Kadlec <petr.kadlec(a)gmail.com> > > > On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Thomas Gries <mail(a)tgries.de> > > > > Do we really have the template Namespace on MediaWiki open for edits by > > > anons? > > > > > > > Yes. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ListGroupRights > > > > > > > In my view, this should be changed. > > > > > > > Why? Do you know any WMF project where the whole Template namespace is > > semiprotected? > > > > > > -- [[cs:User:Mormegil | Petr Kadlec]] > > > > Why indeed. Note that the only thing special or magical about the template > namespace is that {{something}} shortcuts to {{template:something}}. Other > than that it's just another page. > > I have no idea why users of a who are mad enough to want to edit a template > but don't have an account should be disallowed from doing so, other than > that we should be making it obligatory to require informed consent before > exposing anyone to template syntax. As long as we're not doing that for > logged in users, I frankly can't seen the difference. > > > --Martijn Hoekstra > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >

Please delete my name from your mailing list. www.wmoskowitz@aol.com William Moskowitz -----Original Message----- From: Thomas Gries <mail(a)tgries.de> To: Wikimedia developers <wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Sent: Thu, Apr 24, 2014 6:27 pm Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] MediaWiki template page edit by IP? In the past, /this /page was indeed a vey /sensitive /template because it determined the rendering of RSS feeds on MediaWiki pages. This was the reason why I was surprised yesterday, that it could be edited by someone without an account. On /enwiki /I know many templates which are fully protected. This is why I expected that our documentation and developer MediaWiki wiki also protects Template pages. This was apparently not the case. Regarding the Template:Repost page: I deleted that specific page. it is not used any more, because the Extension:RSS only since a while templates from the (system messages) MediaWiki:namespace, which is protected by default. _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l