Last modified: 2014-08-07 18:34:33 UTC
When a user is part of a group that doesn't have rights to change groups, instead of refusing access to the page, we should give a version that shows details such as the groups they are in and the log of changes.
There's an ongoing debate about whether to show disabled forms to users or not. For example, ?action=protect has historically shown a disabled form to users (mostly as the protection information was previously not exposed very well in the user interface), but ?action=delete always raises an error for unprivileged users. Special pages with forms are similar to this.
*** Bug 57606 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
(In reply to comment #1) > There's an ongoing debate about whether to show disabled forms to users or > not. > For example, ?action=protect has historically shown a disabled form to users > (mostly as the protection information was previously not exposed very well in > the user interface), but ?action=delete always raises an error for > unprivileged > users. Special pages with forms are similar to this. Link to debate, please?
(In reply to comment #3) > Link to debate, please? Bug 18677 comment 8 and surrounding comments.
Change 107009 had a related patch set uploaded by Jackmcbarn: Allow all users to view Special:UserRights https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/107009
I'm still a little confused about the reason behind this change. You can see what groups a user is in anyway just by going to Special:ListUsers. What purpose does it serve letting users see a disabled user rights form?
I tend to find it a nice and faster ui to access (Also gives change log in the one screen as well)
