UDWiki talk:Administration/Policy Discussion/Autoconfirmed Group

The Science.

SO is this a current feature that can be used, or would it require an upgrade? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 20:24, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Offhand, I think it is a current feature. =/ I'm not sure though. -- Cheese 20:25, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

It is a current feature which would merely require some configuration changes.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 20:34, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

More precisely, adding:

$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['move'] = true;

changing: $wgAutoConfirmAge = 0; to $wgAutoConfirmAge = 3600*24*2

and: $wgAutoConfirmCount = 0; to $wgAutoConfirmCount = 50;--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 20:43, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

So Kevan would have to set it up? Would it not be prudent to ask if this is something he'd approve of? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 20:39, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, but it's a 5 minute job at most.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 20:43, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

What is semi-protection? --Toejam 20:46, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Users who are autoconfirmed can edit it and those who aren't can't. In other words, newly created accounts can't while established users can. -- Cheese 20:48, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Yes, exactly. BTW: You've just reminded me of the word I was looking for to describe users with autoconfirm in the policy :D.--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 20:54, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Im not sure about protections. Moving I can see, but protections could be more trouble than its worth. (the odd user, throwing his weight around, to protect a page he wants preserving). How would this be accountable? Could the privileged be revoked? --Rosslessness^{Want a Location Image?} 20:50, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

No, sysops still protect if this is active. Semi-protection means you can limit the editors to established, autoconfirmed users, making them more trouble to vandalise. -- Cheese 20:52, 12 November 2008 (UTC)

Yup, theory being that few vandals will bother to make 50 good edits for the sake of vandalising one page (Which will likely be reverted in 2 minutes flat, being a high-visibility page).--The General ^{T Sys U! P! F!} 20:54, 12 November 2008 (UTC)