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Allow password resets by bureaucrats in MediaWiki core
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Description

It should be possible using the core MediaWiki software for bureaucrats to be able to reset passwords for users.

Either Special:ResetPass could be modified or a new Special: page could be created.

It might also be a good idea to log such resets.


Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement

Details

Reference
bz15859

Event Timeline

bzimport raised the priority of this task from to Medium.Nov 21 2014, 10:17 PM
bzimport set Reference to bz15859.
bzimport added a subscriber: Unknown Object (MLST).

fran wrote:

On Wikimedia wikis, this would have to be delegated to Stewards, due to the dangerous privilege escalation potential it would provide if given to Wikimedia-style bureaucrats.

  • This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 15876 ***