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List:       wikipedia-l
Subject:    Re: [Wikipedia-l] Page protection interface updates
From:       Brion Vibber <brion () pobox ! com>
Date:       2005-12-23 2:13:12
Message-ID: 43AB5D38.80305 () pobox ! com
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Andrew Gray wrote:
> On 22/12/05, Brion Vibber <brion@pobox.com> wrote:
> 
>> There's now a timestamp field on the user table for the registration date, which
>> is used to calculate the age (this'll be included on newly registered accounts
>> but is NULL on older ones).
>>
>> The age setting replaces the percentage formerly used for the sitewide move
>> limitations.
> 
> ...hmm. So dos this mean that:
> 
> a) All page-move permissions are done on the four-day-old basis as well?

Yes. Previously it was using the percentage-of-registered-users thing.

> b) All users currently existing are grandfathered in as "old enough"?
> (if so, it'll be moot in four days time, I guess)

Yes.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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