[Labs-l] Reimplementing account expiries

Fri Feb 3 16:55:14 UTC 2017

Well, there’s the alternative I proposed in the 3rd paragraph that active accounts getting actively logged in will not needing punching in.  Just those that are inactive, but if there’s no pressing need for these measures, that’s fine.  I only suggested it as a possibility.

Cyberpower678
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> On Feb 3, 2017, at 11:34, Huji Lee <huji.huji at gmail.com> wrote:
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> YuviPanda once said this sagely: the wiki way is to give everything to everyone, and take it back if they start abusing it.
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> So I like the proposal in T132431#2979483 focusing on a particular tool/user that has caused problems. I do not like everyone punching in "I am active" every 6-months.
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> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 11:28 AM, Jaime Crespo <jcrespo at wikimedia.org <mailto:jcrespo at wikimedia.org>> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Brad Jorsch (Anomie) <bjorsch at wikimedia.org <mailto:bjorsch at wikimedia.org>> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 3, 2017 at 10:49 AM, Maximilian Doerr <maximilian.doerr at gmail.com <mailto:maximilian.doerr at gmail.com>> wrote:
> Hey guys, I thought I would throw a quick suggestion in to the mix.  We frequently encounter situations where labs hits resource limits because of tools consuming space, either by negligence, or the owner disappeared.
> 
> {{citation needed}}, particularly in that this is a problem on Tool Labs specifically.
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> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132431 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T132431>
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133321#2979483 <https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T133321#2979483>
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