Guild Wars Wiki:Requests for technical administration/Configuring page move limits

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

1. 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).
2. 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.