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Bug 15859 - Allow password resets by bureaucrats in MediaWiki core

Summary:	Allow password resets by bureaucrats in MediaWiki core

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 15876 Product: MediaWiki Classification: Unclassified Component: General/Unknown (Other open bugs) Version: unspecified Hardware: All All Importance: Normal enhancement with 1 vote (vote) Target Milestone: --- Assigned To: Nobody - You can work on this! URL: Whiteboard: Keywords: Depends on: Blocks:   Show dependency tree / graph		Reported: 2008-10-06 06:53 UTC by MZMcBride Modified: 2011-01-25 00:47 UTC (History) CC List: 2 users (show) fran innocentkiller See Also: Web browser: --- Mobile Platform: --- Assignee Huggle Beta Tester: ---

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Description MZMcBride 2008-10-06 06:53:59 UTC It should be possible using the core MediaWiki software for bureaucrats to be able to reset passwords for users. Either Special:ResetPass could be modified or a new Special: page could be created. It might also be a good idea to log such resets. Comment 1 Fran Rogers 2008-10-06 07:29:19 UTC On Wikimedia wikis, this would have to be delegated to Stewards, due to the dangerous privilege escalation potential it would provide if given to Wikimedia-style bureaucrats. Comment 2 Chad H. 2009-02-20 18:30:08 UTC *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 15876 ***