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+ notes re: protection levels on user talk pages, reverting test edits, the bot flag, and revision deletions
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== Protection level of user talk pages, revision deletions, the [[TestWiki:Bots|bot]] flag, and test edits ==
Hi Synoman Barris,
I see that you are making the most of the <code>[[TestWiki:Administrators|administrator]]</code> tools and the <code>[[TestWiki:Bureaucrats|bureaucrat]]</code> bit. However, as part of my daily review of our [[Special:Log|public logs]], I noticed several important items I thought I should address with you, so that you know them for the future. Most of our [[TestWiki:Policies|policies]] are outlined, but we ''do'' rely a lot on a combination of [[w:WP:COMMONSENSE|common sense]] and unwritten ''customs'' and ''conventions'' that have normalized over time, so it's often helpful to advise users of these customs and conventions as they occur. Each is discussed in turn.
* '''Protection level of user talk pages.''' User talk pages should not be set any higher than <code>[[TestWiki:Autoconfirmed users|autoconfirmed]]</code> or <code>[[TestWiki:Users|registered, logged in]]</code> user levels. This is because a [[TestWiki:Bots|bot and/or maintenance script]] need access to user talk pages in order to administer the [[TestWiki:Inactivity|inactivity notifications]], as applicable, from time to time. Secondarily, as bureaucrats, we grant user rights, which sometimes are requested on our user talk pages. Additionally, non-administrators may have questions of us. Thus, for these reasons, we should not protect our user talk pages higher than those levels, as you did in [[Special:Diff/28494|this edit]].
* '''Revision deletions.''' Unless it's on [[revision deletion test]], you should always revert any revision deletions, and ''never'' hide the ''performer'' (principally, or most often, ''you'') of the action. We value transparency on '''Public Test Wiki''', so there is almost never a reason to hide the performer, as you did in [[Special:Redirect/logid/9089|this log action]].
* '''The <code>[[TestWiki:Bots|bot]]</code> flag'''. While [[TestWiki:Bureaucrats|bureaucrats]] ''can'' grant, technically and procedurally, the <code>[[TestWiki:Bots|bot]]</code> flag, usually to their own account or sub-accounts, it should ''only'' be done for a ''temporary'' basis to prevent things like [[Special:RecentChanges]] flooding, as you did with your [[User:Syno sock|sub-account]] [[Special:Redirect/logid/9090|here]]. If you want to apply for a full, permanent bot account, you can request it at [[TestWiki:Bot approval requests]], and a [[TestWiki:Consuls|Consul]] will review your request in due course.
* '''Reverting test edits.''' Per [[TestWiki:Main policy#After testing|this policy sub-section, you should always make sure you are undoing ''any'' test edits or log actions, including test page creations, test blocks, and other actions, broadly construed. I've noticed you are mostly doing this, and this is to your great credit, but have noted a few instances where it was not, so thought it would be a good reminder.
Thanks for your attention to these notes, and happy testing! :)
Cheers,
<br />[[mh:meta:User:Dmehus|Dmehus]] ([[User talk:Dmehus|talk]]) 22:45, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
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