[WikiEN-l] Oh shit, Slashdot is an attack site!

[Casey Brown]

On 8/8/07, Casey Brown <cbrown1023.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> No, only developers with root access can see and restore the oversighted
> edit.  Furthermore, this is managed directly by the local wikis ArbCom, see
> the hiding revisions page.  They delegate who gets the oversight right and
> can view the log if need be (most of the current and past members have the
> right).  In addition, the developers know to listen to them if they need
> access to the revision, although in most cases the revisions do not need to
> be restored.
>
> I am not sure if there is a bugzilla report for it.  But keep in mind that
> you must have Foundation-wide community discussion before such a change
> takes place.  Either way, Brion knows about it and I am sure VoiceOfAll will
> bother him with it.
>
>
> On 8/8/07, Armed Blowfish <diodontida.armata at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > So one needs read access to the Linux filesystem of the Wikimedia
> > servers to look at an oversighted edit?
> >
> > That would seem to make Oversight a bigger deal than it ought to be.
> > There are a number of things one might not want every admin to be able
> > to see, but which one might want to keep accessible to ArbCom, etc.  :
> > (
> >
> > Is there a Bugzilla report filed somewhere to get the bitfields
> > extension committed?
> >
> > Armed Blowfish
> >
>
>
>
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