WikiIndex talk:RecentChanges patrol

Do I need new glasses, or are all the exclamation marks gone on RecentChanges? —User:Sean Fennel@ 03:03, 27 May 2006 (EDT)

I still see them, except on pages that've been patrolled. TedErnst | talk 16:53, 28 May 2006 (EDT)

Found out why I can't see them: It seems that the "patrol" permission isn't automatically granted to regular users as of 1.6. —User:Sean Fennel@ 22:54, 21 June 2006 (EDT)

check it out please - is this an option we need to turn on? TedErnst | talk 01:34, 22 June 2006 (EDT)

John, could you take a look and comment there? Thanks! TedErnst | talk 02:03, 4 July 2006 (EDT)

The update to version 6.5 implemented a different scheme of user privileges I have listed the default values below. We don't want to give any special privileges to regular users because those could be used by spammers. I propose that we create a new user group "Editors" for people who we trust and who work on the wiki content, we can then create a set of "Sysop Like" permissions that would allow things like patroling. The last section in this list is my suggestions for permissions for the "Editors" group. John 13:52, 4 July 2006 (EDT)

I would rather turn off the recent changes patrol flag. I am not in favor of making more complexity than what is needed. My two cents ;-) MarkDilley

Can't we just give users the patrol ability? Patrol can't be used maliciously, can it? The only thing it could do would be to hide spam a bit, but that's a lot better than turning off the patrol function. I use the patrol function and really like it. Plus, I'd like others to be able to use it as well (like Sean). TedErnst | talk 13:30, 5 July 2006 (EDT)

That would be fine, just concerned about expanding admin functions. MarkDilley

$wgGroupPermissions = array();

// Implicit group for all visitors
$wgGroupPermissions['*'    ]['createaccount']   = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['*'    ]['read']            = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['*'    ]['edit']            = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['*'    ]['createpage']      = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['*'    ]['createtalk']      = true;

// Implicit group for all logged-in accounts
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['move']            = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['read']            = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['edit']            = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createpage']      = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['createtalk']      = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['upload']          = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['reupload']        = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['reupload-shared'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user' ]['minoredit']       = true;

// Implicit group for accounts that pass $wgAutoConfirmAge
$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['autoconfirmed'] = true;

// Users with bot privilege can have their edits hidden
// from various log pages by default
$wgGroupPermissions['bot'  ]['bot']             = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['bot'  ]['autoconfirmed']   = true;

// Most extra permission abilities go to this group
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['block']           = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createaccount']   = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['delete']          = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['deletedhistory']  = true; // can view deleted history entries, but not see or restore the text
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editinterface']   = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['import']          = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['importupload']    = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['move']            = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['patrol']          = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['protect']         = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['rollback']        = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['upload']          = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['reupload']        = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['reupload-shared'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['unwatchedpages']	= true;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['autoconfirmed']   = true;

// Permissions for the proposed "editor" group
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['block']           = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['createaccount']   = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['delete']          = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['deletedhistory']  = true; // can view deleted history entries, but not see or restore the text
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['editinterface']   = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['import']          = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['importupload']    = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['move']            = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['patrol']          = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['protect']         = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['rollback']        = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['upload']          = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['reupload']        = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['reupload-shared'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['unwatchedpages']	= true;
$wgGroupPermissions['editor']['autoconfirmed']   = true;