So I'd just like to make one point, I think this "superprotect" right has proper technical implications and use cases. In other words, while you guys may disagree with how it is currently being used (e.g., the MediaViewer drama and whatnot), I think it is a good idea, and I am actually surprised such a protection level has not already been enacted.
There are many legitimate cases (e.g., office actions and copyright-related issues) where I could see the superprotect level coming in handy. There are some cases where the WMF simply cannot afford (usually b/c of legal reasons) to trust the community, even if they're 99.9% sure nothing will happen. Sometimes all it takes is one rogue admin to trigger a lawsuit.
With that said, it's obviously a political matter as to what the proper uses of this new protection level are, but I do think the existence of the level itself is appropriate.
*-- * *Tyler Romeo* Stevens Institute of Technology, Class of 2016 Major in Computer Science
On Sun, Aug 10, 2014 at 9:19 AM, K. Peachey p858snake@gmail.com wrote:
Lets all welcome the new overlord Erik.
Add a new protection level called "superprotect" Assigned to nobody by default. Requested by Erik Möller for the purposes of protecting pages such that sysop permissions are not sufficient to
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https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/153302/
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