On 15/04/2008, Andrew Garrett <andrew(a)epstone.net> wrote:
Hi!
I'd like to announce (a bit late) the availability of the
GlobalBlocking extension[1].
The GlobalBlocking extension has been written to allow blocks to be made
which
apply across all Wikimedia wikis. It is anticipated that it will be
used by stewards,
or admins on meta, for blocking crosswiki vandals, spammers, et cetera.
Currently, the interface for this allows blocks to be made on single
IP addresses,
although rangeblocks are planned, and I think somebody wanted to work on
SUL
global-user blocks.
I'd also like to solicit code review of this extension. It's already
been comprehensively
reviewed by Tim Starling, but, given the size of it, I'm sure the
various sysadmins would
be much more comfortable enabling it on Wikimedia if there'd been a
few pairs of eyes
over it.
The appropriate bug for enabling this extension on Wikimedia is bug
8707[2].
Thanks.
[1]
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GlobalBlocking
[2]
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8707
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Where do we discuss how this extension will be used on WMF projects (e.g.
who should get the access right, stewards or meta admins comes to mind
here). Would this list be suitable, or somewhere on Meta be better?
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Alex (Majorly)
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