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Bug 43283 - InfoAction doesn't take namespace protection into account


Summary:	InfoAction doesn't take namespace protection into account

Status:	PATCH_TO_REVIEW

Product:	MediaWiki
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Page protection (Other open bugs)
Version:	1.22.0
Hardware:	All All

Importance:	Normal normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	---
Assigned To:	Kunal Mehta (Legoktm)

URL:	https://translatewiki.net/wiki/Thread...
Whiteboard:
Keywords:	i18n

Depends on:
Blocks:	messages
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Reported:	2012-12-20 09:04 UTC by Minh Nguyễn
Modified:	2014-03-19 19:35 UTC (History)
CC List:	6 users (show)

See Also:	43282 43272
Web browser:	---
Mobile Platform:	---
Assignee Huggle Beta Tester:	---

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Description Minh Nguyễn 2012-12-20 09:04:51 UTC

The "Page information" page for any message in the MediaWiki: namespace says that the message can be edited and moved by all users. For example, [[w:MediaWiki:Wikimedia-copyrightwarning]] exists, so <http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Wikimedia-copyrightwarning&action=info> says "Allow all users" for both rights. For a message that doesn't exist, such as [[w:MediaWiki:Is awesome]], the info page says that all users may create the page.

Comment 1 Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) 2012-12-21 11:54:05 UTC

I have a patch mostly written for this, but I'd like bug 43316 to be resolved first so I can properly test it.

Comment 2 Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) 2012-12-22 08:37:08 UTC

Gerrit change #39845

Comment 3 Nemo 2013-04-16 16:52:23 UTC

This is the same problem we had with bug 43272: "Allow all users" actually means "Don't disallow any [additional] user", and in fact the message used to read (default).
It's a tricky balancing of clarity and correctness.

Probably it's not a good idea to reuse [[MediaWiki:Protect-default]] in info action, which – to make it worse – is available to all users and not only sysops.

Comment 4 Andre Klapper 2013-07-25 07:39:31 UTC

(In reply to comment #2)
> Gerrit change #39845

Patch still needs review...

Comment 5 Gerrit Notification Bot 2013-10-20 10:45:04 UTC

Change 39845 had a related patch set uploaded by Legoktm:
Have action=info check protected namespaces

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/39845

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