Hi, I accidentally checked this meta page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Creation_of_separate_user_group_for_editing_sitewide_CSS/JS> today, when another editor forwarded me the link in Facebook. Here it has been proposed that admins will be stripped off to edit js/css pages because of security reasons. The way this is being handled is rather disturbing to me.
1) Not all communities have been informed about this future change ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Distribution_list/Technical_Village_Pumps_distribution_list ) 2) The comments in the meta talk page suggests that there is no intention to get opinions from editor community members. Everything seems to be pre-decided by the developer community and we dont have other options but to accept the proposal without proper discussion. ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Creation_of_separate_user_group_for_editing_sitewide_CSS/JS ) 3) Many admins from smaller wikis have expressed their concerns that this decision will severely affect the workflow of those wikis, but none of these concerns are addressed. 4) Many editors have expressed concern over just 2 week short notice period for this transition. But that concern is also not addressed. Regards, Bodhisattwa Bengali community _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
