⚓ T75545 Support Portuguese wiki flag 'eliminator'

	Subject	Repo	Branch	Lines +/-
	[WIP] Replace @must_be with @need_right	pywikibot/core	master	+183 -58
	Check a user's rights before checking its group memberships	pywikibot/core	master	+9 -6

Status	Subtype	Assigned	Task
Resolved		Huji	T75545 Support Portuguese wiki flag 'eliminator'
Resolved		Huji	T71283 dualism between user and sysop needs to be overtaken
Resolved	BUG REPORT	Huji	T229293 invalid CSRF token error shown with each block
Resolved	BUG REPORT	Xqt	T233577 sysopnames are still required for tests
Resolved		Xqt	T245851 Run a CI test using sysop account
Resolved	BUG REPORT	Huji	T241879 Can't remove broken redirects without "sysopnames" defined
Resolved		Xqt	T243906 TestDeprecatedAttributes.test_lastrevid fails with AssertionError
Invalid		None	T242552 Update manuals - remove sysopnames references
Resolved	Feature	Xqt	T324000 Password from cookies is lost when a user changes

• bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Needs Triage.Nov 22 2014, 3:50 AM

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jayvdb created this task.Nov 18 2014, 3:01 AM

A possible workaround is to add put the eliminator username in user-config's sysopnames

Aklapper added a project: Pywikibot.Nov 27 2014, 4:10 PM

jayvdb moved this task from Backlog to Wikimedia prod/Cloud Services issues on the Pywikibot board.Nov 29 2014, 4:44 AM

Change 209503 had a related patch set uploaded (by John Vandenberg):
Replace @must_be with @need_right

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/209503

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.May 8 2015, 3:39 AM

Ricordisamoa subscribed.Jun 5 2015, 1:22 PM

Ricordisamoa added a subtask: T71283: dualism between user and sysop needs to be overtaken.Jul 1 2015, 7:24 PM

Not to be seen in compat.

Ricordisamoa removed a project: Pywikibot-General.Jul 1 2015, 7:26 PM

Ricordisamoa set Security to None.

~~Why not use action=query&meta=userinfo&uiprop=rights to find out if the current bot user has the delete user right?~~

EDIT: already covered in T71283

Liuxinyu970226 updated the task description. (Show Details)Mar 15 2017, 3:55 PM

Liuxinyu970226 mentioned this in T57296: Wikia Helper and Staff rights.

Dvorapa merged a task: T192218: pywikibot does not let a bot with eliminator flag delete pages.Apr 14 2018, 9:33 PM

Dvorapa added a subscriber: Aklapper.

Can we deprecate the separation of normal user and sysop accounts?

In T75545#4132045, @zhuyifei1999 wrote:

Can we deprecate the separation of normal user and sysop accounts?

I guess we should but this will be a big change. We should have a tracking task to coordinate the needed several steps.

Xqt triaged this task as Medium priority.Apr 15 2018, 9:36 AM

Change 531589 had a related patch set uploaded (by Huji; owner: Huji):
[pywikibot/core@master] Check a user's rights before checking its group memberships

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/531589

Change 531589 merged by jenkins-bot:
[pywikibot/core@master] Check a user's rights before checking its group memberships

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/531589

Huji mentioned this in rPWBCee2d6d664c30: Check a user's rights before checking its group memberships.Aug 26 2019, 5:09 PM