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[edit] Request for configuring page move limits
- Type
- MediaWiki configuration
- Additional software requirements
- None
- Additional server-side maintenance requirements
- The following lines need to be added to
LocalSettings.php:
// changing the move rate limits for normal users from none to 2 edits within 60 seconds
$wgRateLimits['move']['user'] = array( 2, 60 );
// adding the bot group to be excluded from the rate limits
$wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups = array( 'sysop', 'bureaucrat', 'bot' );
// adding auto confirm requirements
$wgAutoConfirmCount = 10;
$wgAutoConfirmAge = 3600*24;
// changing persmissions to disallow moving pages for normal, not-confirmed users
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['move'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['autoconfirmed']['move'] = true;
- Reason for request
- There has been a recent spree of pagemove vandalism which we are attempting to curb. The various configurations will mean that users who have been registered less than 1 day or have less than 10 edits cannot move pages at all and limits other users to 2 pagemoves per minute. Sysops and bureaucrats arer already excluded from these limits by default, and an additional exclusion for bots is being added.
- Links
- $wgRateLimits
- $wgRateLimitsExcludedGroups
- $wgAutoConfirmCount
- $wgAutoConfirmAge
- $wgGroupPermissions
- Possible pitfalls
- While the limit on user moving is not believed to interfere with normal day-to-day operation, we do have occasional one-time large-scale moves, which this would significantly slow for regular users. We do, however, have a bot who can be employed in these cases (and sysops/bureaucrats will still able to move without limits).
- It is possible a newly-registered user may legitimately wish to move a page. However, the restriction is only for a day assuming they make at least 10 edits in that time, and there are many helpful users around the wiki to assist them in the meantime.
