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Unsubsted usernames in MassMessages
[edit]Shouldn't there be a rule against having {{PAGENAME}} instead of {{subst:PAGENAME}} in MassMessages? The problem is that the PAGENAME may change if the message is archived, moved, quoted etc. Jonteemil (talk) 00:29, 14 July 2026 (UTC)
Set filter 246 to show CAPTCHA or to warn the user?
[edit]Looking at the log of Special:AbuseFilter/246, I encounter a mix of nonsense, vandalism, test edits, and similar stuff. Therefore, I would like to propose that we set that filter to either:
- Show the CAPTCHA, or…
- …warn the user, using the standard warning message.
Thank you. Codename Noreste (talk) 19:41, 16 July 2026 (UTC)
- Neither. A tag seems more appropriate here. EggRoll97 (talk) 19:58, 17 July 2026 (UTC)
Enable UserPageEditProtection
[edit]Hi. two weeks ago, the configuration option $wgRestrictUserPageEditing was added, allowing the restriction of the "User" namespace to the user themselves and certain user groups.
Since this is already enforced on Meta anyway, using Special:AbuseFilter/161 and Special:AbuseFilter/87, I propose enabling this on the server-side. The permission would be granted to every group that includes the "autopatrol" right.
The benefit would be that users receive a permission error *before* they make the edit, rather than afterwards. Neriah - 💬 - 08:27, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
- Seems a bit of a 'blunt' tool, when our filters already have multiple carve outs for exemptions that would go away. — xaosflux Talk 10:32, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
- No, thanks. A server-side hardcoded limit means lower client-side dynamicity. Admins can actively check for edge cases themselves in the filter logs, but for non-publicly-logged limitations they'd have to passively wait for the affected to make a report. NguoiDungKhongDinhDanh 17:29, 21 July 2026 (UTC)
Request for OAuth administratorship
[edit]I am interested in becoming an OAuth administrator. In lieu of a formal process for this (Requests for comment/OAuth handover was closed without consensus), I am asking here if there are any objections to this; if there aren’t, then after one week (10:35, 30 July 2026 (UTC)) I’ll just ask someone to add me to the group.
I know a bit about OAuth (e.g. m3api-oauth2 and mwoauth2 libraries) and have quite a bit of experience with tools at this point (User:Lucas Werkmeister#Tools). I’m also already an OAuth admin on the Beta cluster and have gathered some experience reviewing proposed OAuth consumers / clients there. I would like to help out with reviewing OAuth proposals on Meta, as it’s a task that needs to be done regularly which currently rests on relatively few shoulders as far as I can tell. Lucas Werkmeister (talk) 10:35, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
- Ping to a couple of active OAAs for any feedback: @Taavi and DerHexer:. — xaosflux Talk 12:37, 23 July 2026 (UTC)
- As I already said on the off-wiki conversation that led to this, I don't see any reason not to let Lucas handle these. taavi (talk!) 13:51, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
- +1 to this. --Zabe (talk) 15:47, 25 July 2026 (UTC)
Request for comment (the future of Abstract Wikipedia)
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You are invited to voice your opinions in a request for comment about the future of Abstract Wikipedia. Thank you! Kowal2701 (talk) 12:24, 24 July 2026 (UTC)
