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Extension review: WhosOnline
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User wants to add https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:WhosOnline per T4700

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Zppix created this task.Oct 10 2019, 14:40
Herald added subscribers: RhinosF1, CnocBride. · View Herald TranscriptOct 10 2019, 14:40
Zppix mentioned this in T4700: Encyclopedia Gojira extension/configuration change requests.Oct 10 2019, 14:41
RhinosF1 added a parent task: T4700: Encyclopedia Gojira extension/configuration change requests.Oct 10 2019, 14:44
RhinosF1 added a parent task: T4758: Adding extension and files for Rikapedia..Oct 10 2019, 21:28
Reception123 triaged this task as Normal priority.Oct 12 2019, 06:01
Zppix mentioned this in T4758: Adding extension and files for Rikapedia..Oct 13 2019, 23:58
Southparkfan subscribed.EditedOct 14 2019, 19:47

This sounds like a privacy issue. Site Reliability Engineering can you comment?

Reception123 subscribed.Oct 26 2019, 13:40

I'd decline this unless the extension clearly had an opt-in option for privacy reasons.

Herald added a subscriber: • Examknow. · View Herald TranscriptOct 26 2019, 13:40
RhinosF1 added a comment.Oct 26 2019, 14:09
In T4787#92122, @Reception123 wrote:

I'd decline this unless the extension clearly had an opt-in option for privacy reasons.

It doesn't - same opinion

Reception123 closed this task as Declined.Oct 31 2019, 14:44
Reception123 claimed this task.

Per the privacy reasons which are that users would not have a say in whether other users can see when they're online this extension is unfortunately declined since it is not opt-in.

Agent_Isai mentioned this in T9289: Enable Extension:WhosOnline on ssbr.miraheze.org.May 27 2022, 21:29