bugSamizdat - Bugs: bug #21286, usability BUG: takeover user text...

 
 

bug #21286: usability BUG: takeover user text string inconsistent with behaviour

Submitted by:  Boud Roukema <boud>
Submitted on:  Sun 07 Oct 2007 05:30:27 PM UTC  
 
Category: NoneSeverity: 3 - Normal
Status: FixedPrivacy: Public
Assigned to: NoneOpen/Closed: Closed

Add a New Comment(Rich Markup)
   

You are not logged in

Please log in, so followups can be emailed to you.

 

Thu 21 Feb 2008 05:44:47 PM UTC, comment #1:

Fixed in CVS since 2007-11-04.

The change to not to change message attribution on moderation was intentional, the change of attribution was necessary for transparency and is now superceded by per-message "moderation log" link which provides enough transparency without confusing users about who the real author of the message is.

Dmitry Borodaenko <angdraug>
Project Administrator
Sun 07 Oct 2007 05:30:27 PM UTC, original submission:

PROBLEM: In 070818-1 (probably since the earlier refactoring),
the information given to the moderator when using the TAKE OVER
function says that the message will be attributed to that user
afterwards, but this is not true, since set_creator is not
used. For the REPLACE function, no such info is given to the
moderator, but transparency e.g. in the message info and in
the history would suggest that the message should be attributed
to that moderator after the intervention. Otherwise, the
intervention is only obvious in e.g. when using the /moderation
function.

SOLUTION:
Either the message about attribution should be changed, or
attribution should be implemented. My suggestion is to keep
the older behaviour (AFAIR) in which attribution is made,
and also do this for REPLACE. If some people really don't want
this, then the question is whether they should have to edit
the ruby code or we should add this as a configurable parameter.

Any thoughts?

Anyway, here's the patch.

cheers
boud

Boud Roukema <boud>
Project Member

 

(Note: upload size limit is set to 16384 kB, after insertion of the required escape characters.)

Attach File(s):
   
   
Comment:
   

Attached Files

 

Depends on the following items: None found

Items that depend on this one: None found

 

Carbon-Copy List
  • -unavailable- added by angdraug (Posted a comment)
  • -unavailable- added by boud (Submitted the item)
  •  

    Please enter the title of George Orwell's famous dystopian book (it's a date):

     

     

    Follow 3 latest changes.

    Date Changed By Updated Field Previous Value => Replaced By
    Thu 21 Feb 2008 05:44:47 PM UTCangdraugStatusWorks For Me=>Fixed
      Open/ClosedOpen=>Closed
    Sun 07 Oct 2007 05:30:28 PM UTCboudAttached File-=>Added takeover_transparency-0.1.patch, #14111

    Back to the top


    Powered by Savane 3.1-cleanup1