[Labs-l] We're coming out of beta - this means some changes are coming too

Thu Sep 6 07:25:52 UTC 2012

That's cool, is it possible to request the administrator rights then?
Should the request be placed on wiki or bugzilla?

Also did you change the way how projects are managed or is it still open?

 Thanks

On Thu, Sep 6, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Ryan Lane <rlane at wikimedia.org> wrote:
> I plan on opening registration very soon, which means we'll be out of
> beta. This will happen within the next week. In anticipation of this,
> we'll be making some changes:
>
> 1. We're protecting some pages, like the Main Page
>
> 2. We're changing the rights management so that we can give out wiki
> admin rights without giving away cloud admin rights
>
> 3. We're adding an extra step to getting shell access. For a user to
> be added to any Labs project (which grants shell access in that
> project), the user will need to be a member of the "shell" group in
> the wiki. Only cloud admins can grant this privilege. We have a
> SemanticMediaWiki enabled process for handling shell access requests.
> It's possible to request shell access here:
> <https://labsconsole.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FormEdit/Shell_Access_Request>.
> That form can also be found from the help contents. Note that everyone
> that currently has an account on labsconsole has already been granted
> this right.
>
> - Ryan
>
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