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Closed as successful, with time limitations -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:45, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'd like to request longer-term interface adminship. I wanted to go remove the use of wgMonthNames which is deprecated from User:Adambro/AjaxQuickDelete.js, and realized that they had expired again. See also Wikiversity:Notices for custodians#Temporary interface adminship requested (once more) - never resolved because the rights expired before anyone responded.

See Wikiversity:Interface administrators for more information. I

  • Have 2FA enabled
  • Am familiar with the guidelines
  • Am requesting this for longer than just 2 weeks, so opening a discussion

Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 19:56, 13 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Questions edit

Comments edit

  • I don't have a problem with any of the user interface edits DannyS12 has made. That said, I have several comments / concerns:
    1. The request is open-ended. Up to this point, the community has agreed to terminate interface administration after a period of time. The reason this role was implemented was because it is a security risk. No matter how well-intentioned, something that is open by default is more of a risk than something that requires oversight to be implemented.
    2. Many or most interface edits can be tested in personal space, meaning that global user interface edits shouldn't require a great deal of time. Longer-term editing, which to me is more than a day or so, means that the edits are not fully planned to start with, or the problem is not fully understood and the solution not fully agreed to before implementation began.
    3. There is an assumption in the request that ties together extended rights and a lack of response to discussion. A lack of response to discussion is likely either apathy or disagreement. If it's apathy, the discussion wasn't effective in engaging participation. If it is disagreement, the discussion wasn't persuasive. Either of these isn't a reason to extend user rights. It's a reason to improve discussion before extending rights.
  • Again it looks like the small size of the active Wikiversity community is hurting us. I am active, but mostly within the confines of courses that I teach. I am too busy to understand the details of this request. DannyS712, Dave Braunschweig: I have confidence in Dave's credentials and hope this gets sorted out ASAP.
  • Regarding the access to javascript files of any user "edituserjs" for a longer time span may create vulnerability especially the assessment of long javascript listing on potential vulnerability is time consuming. Temporary access to these rights has the purpose to solve specific identified problem in a given time. If the problem could not been fixed, time span for fixing can be extended. --Bert Niehaus (discuss • contribs) 10:06, 15 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    The intended use case is primary for cleanup and gadget work as needed, and not to be editing other users' js pages --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 15:46, 19 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
  • I trust DannyS712's judgement and greatly appreciate the dedication to improving Wikiversity. I don't have a problem granting a request. I also respect Dave's opinion and will refrain from expressing support for this request until we've discussed the scope and ramifications. --mikeu talk 01:32, 17 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    This seems to have stalled out. I'd like to try to revitalize the discussion. @DannyS712: can you provide us with details on what specific work is needed soon? Are there edits that can/need to happen in the near term? --mikeu talk 02:19, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    Yes, there are; the wgEnableAPI setting is being removed, since its always true. While Krinkle has already updated MediaWiki:Gadget-popups.js (using code I helped write :) ), the updates only replace uses with true/false, meaning that useless conditions sometimes remain. Eg, now there are multiple conditions that are always false, or always true, that should be simplified --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 02:22, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]
    I'm going to grant you interface admin for one week to work on those specific tasks.[1] Please relinguish privs when no longer needed. I'm going to leave this discussion on a more open ended grant for further discussion by the community. --mikeu talk 02:38, 29 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

@Dave Braunschweig: okay. Can I be +iadmin for a few days to remove uses of $j, a deprecated alias for $ that may be removed soon? See gerrit:522569 - MediaWiki:Gadget-popups.js is one of the pages that needs to be updated (others are user scripts) --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 02:43, 5 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

 Y Done -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 00:20, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]
Happened to be online now, made the edits. Will wait a day to see if any issues emerge before removing the rights. Can this discussion be closed? --DannyS712 (discuss • contribs) 00:36, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Voting edit

I aprove to have Interface Aministration access, due the cause that he will upgade the software Information and analysis. (The preceding unsigned comment was added by Marshallo Press (talk • contribs) 21:58, 13 March 2020‎‎‎)

Closing edit

User:DannyS712 has broad support to edit the user interface on an as-needed basis. Requests to enable rights as needed should be posted in Wikiversity:Request custodian action. -- Dave Braunschweig (discuss • contribs) 15:45, 6 June 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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