[Foundation-l] SUL homewiki selection question

[Brion Vibber]

Anon Sricharoenchai wrote:
> 5. In another situation,
>    1. Mr.A own user123 at frwikipedia: 50000 edits count
>    2. Mr.A has ever been approved to be sysop on frwikipedia, but at
> that time, he refuse to be sysop
>    3. Mr.B own user123 at lowikipedia: 10000 edits count
>    4. After SUL, user123 has not been merged by anyone
>    5. In someday later (after SUL), Mr.B has been elected to be sysop
> on lowikipedia
>    6. At that time (after Mr.B got sysop), who will get the homewiki?

By default, it would go to Mr. B, as Mr. B has a privileged account 
while Mr. A does not, and the heuristic gives preference to privileged 
accounts if they exist.

If they choose to swap positions, that can be easily taken care of.

> 6. The next situation,
>    1. Mr.A own user123 at frwikipedia: 50000 edits count
>    2. Mr.A has ever been approved to be sysop on frwikipedia, but at
> that time, he refuse to be sysop
>    3. Mr.B own user123 at lowikipedia: 10000 edits count
>    4. When SUL is enabled for sysop only,
>       4.1 Mr.A try to merge his account, but he can't, since he is not sysop
>       4.2 Mr.B is sysop on lowikipedia, and Mr.B successfully merge
> his user123 account (after Mr.A fail to merge)
>    5. When SUL is enabled for everyone, Mr.A try to merge his account
> again, but he got the message "user123 has already been merged by
> user123 at lowikipedia"!!!
>    6. Can Mr.A request steward to delete global account of Mr.B?

Sure, he can ask. :)

Note that it would be rude for Mr. Steward to do so without the 
agreement of Mr. B, who has legitimate claim to the account. But if they 
agree, or there is other very good reason to switch the account 
ownership, it can be easily taken care of.

Note that the two given scenarios are identical because the test rollout 
to sysops was the same group of people who are preferred by the 
heuristic (first privileged accounts, then the most edits within that set).

-- brion vibber (brion @ wikimedia.org)