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In looking at the logs for the abuse filter, most of the hits seem to come from IP users. The remaining hits seem to come from experienced non-administrator editors who are more than likely acting in good faith. The amount of actual vandalism that seems to be flagged is relatively low, and my guess is that most of those accounts are relatively new. So, I personally would suggest that we change the abuse filter to allow edits by autoconfirmed users, while continuing to prohibit edits made by unregistered and new users. Thoughts? -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<font color="navy">LostInRiverview</font>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] ~ [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]]</sup>''' 17:51, January 9, 2014 (UTC) |
In looking at the logs for the abuse filter, most of the hits seem to come from IP users. The remaining hits seem to come from experienced non-administrator editors who are more than likely acting in good faith. The amount of actual vandalism that seems to be flagged is relatively low, and my guess is that most of those accounts are relatively new. So, I personally would suggest that we change the abuse filter to allow edits by autoconfirmed users, while continuing to prohibit edits made by unregistered and new users. Thoughts? -- '''[[User:LostInRiverview|<font color="navy">LostInRiverview</font>]]<sup> [[User_talk:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">talk</font>]] ~ [[User_blog:LostInRiverview|<font color="green">blog</font>]]</sup>''' 17:51, January 9, 2014 (UTC) |
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==Discussion== |
==Discussion== |
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Since the vast majority of userpage vandalism stems from unregistered contributors, I'd have no issue with extending editing rights to autoconfirmed users. [[User:Auror Andrachome|Ѧüя◎ґ]] ([[User talk:Auror Andrachome|talk]]) 22:58, January 9, 2014 (UTC) |
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I am okay with allowing autoconfirmed users to edit userpages belonging to others ''in moderation''. By that I mean that edits must be made in good faith, as in a minor grammar fix, wikicode fix or vandalism revert for example, and not for any other purpose. Friends lists, if any still remain, should still be edited by ''the userpage owner only'' given that headaches related to that were what contributed largely to this policy being instated in the first place. {{LabSig}} 23:28, January 9, 2014 (UTC) |
I am okay with allowing autoconfirmed users to edit userpages belonging to others ''in moderation''. By that I mean that edits must be made in good faith, as in a minor grammar fix, wikicode fix or vandalism revert for example, and not for any other purpose. Friends lists, if any still remain, should still be edited by ''the userpage owner only'' given that headaches related to that were what contributed largely to this policy being instated in the first place. {{LabSig}} 23:28, January 9, 2014 (UTC) |
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Revision as of 23:28, 9 January 2014
Last year, we adopted a set of policies regarding editing userpages, especially regarding the editing of userpages by non-administrators. However, soon after the adoption of that policy, an increase in userpage vandalism led to the creation of an abuse filter which prevents all non-administrators from editing other userpages. A couple months later, I removed the block on user edits to other userpages, but later added it back once the amount of userpage vandalism spiked again.
At the present time, the editing of other users' pages by our rules remains allowed (under certain circumstances) but is in reality prohibited by the existence of the abuse filter. I'd like to propose that we resolve this in some way. For instance, we can remove the Userpage policies, or change them in such a way to explain that editing of other userpages is not allowed. On the other hand, we can remove or change the abuse filter to allow users to edit those pages again.
In looking at the logs for the abuse filter, most of the hits seem to come from IP users. The remaining hits seem to come from experienced non-administrator editors who are more than likely acting in good faith. The amount of actual vandalism that seems to be flagged is relatively low, and my guess is that most of those accounts are relatively new. So, I personally would suggest that we change the abuse filter to allow edits by autoconfirmed users, while continuing to prohibit edits made by unregistered and new users. Thoughts? -- LostInRiverview talk ~ blog 17:51, January 9, 2014 (UTC)
Discussion
Since the vast majority of userpage vandalism stems from unregistered contributors, I'd have no issue with extending editing rights to autoconfirmed users. Ѧüя◎ґ (talk) 22:58, January 9, 2014 (UTC)
I am okay with allowing autoconfirmed users to edit userpages belonging to others in moderation. By that I mean that edits must be made in good faith, as in a minor grammar fix, wikicode fix or vandalism revert for example, and not for any other purpose. Friends lists, if any still remain, should still be edited by the userpage owner only given that headaches related to that were what contributed largely to this policy being instated in the first place. Lost Labyrinth .svg){kind=small}
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