WikiIndex:2013-2014 bugs and upgrades: Difference between revisions

→‎Username creation protection: no to FB extension, coment on AntiBot plugin
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# [[mw:Extension:Renameuser]] — ''Pro:'' allows users who registered under an alias to have account changed to [[RealName]] and maintain edit histories - ''Con:'' none
# [[mw:Extension:Renameuser]] — ''Pro:'' allows users who registered under an alias to have account changed to [[RealName]] and maintain edit histories - ''Con:'' none
# [[mw:Extension:User Merge and Delete]] — ''Pro:''  - ''Con: Very dangerous, can permanently delete user accounts'' (but this can be set for 'crat permission only) - '''can Rename extension work for this?'''
# [[mw:Extension:User Merge and Delete]] — ''Pro:''  - ''Con: Very dangerous, can permanently delete user accounts'' (but this can be set for 'crat permission only) - '''can Rename extension work for this?'''
# [[mw:Extension:AntiBot]] — ''Pro:'' can be used to stop spambots from creating accounts, used by Wikimedia Foundation wikis - ''Con:'' needs an additional plugin - '''which one?'''
# [[mw:Extension:AntiBot]] — ''Pro:'' can be used to stop spambots from creating accounts, used by Wikimedia Foundation wikis - ''Con:'' needs an additional plugin - '''which one?''' (the plugin is sorta low-key secret, don't wanna give the spammers the code!)
# [[mw:Extension:Facebook]] - ''Pro:'' inviting to people using facebook - ''Con:'' ties into facebook domination of the web.
# [[mw:Extension:Facebook]] ''Pro:'' inviting to people using facebook - ''Con:'' ties into facebook domination of the web. '''nooooo - it slows down page loading dramatically''' (and wikis don't really compliment social media sites)


==General housekeeping==
==General housekeeping==