Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment--20150814190019/@comment-2200849-20150814222850

Princess Diva wrote: As an administrator and bureaucrat on several wikis for many years now I completely disagree on these new changes

The JavaScript coding on wikis can be used to enrich and add fun to wiki communities and sites, such as changing user-identity-box-group MediaWiki pages to change "Admin" tags into "Black Widow" for example on a Pretty Little Liars Wiki or a "SpearLeader" on a Britney Spears Wiki ... The .js of wikis were also previously editable which allowed admins to add special features (see http://gossipgirl.wikia.com/wiki/MediaWiki:Common.js) from w:c:dev to allow  new features to be enabled like an additional view source button, wall greeting edit button,  and a Reveal Anon IP code which shows the IP addresses in wiki activity so you don't have to click each time if multiple anons are spamming, it's easier to keep track of

It bothers me that all of these features can no longer be used because of this update, and verbatim worked excllently the way it was made already.. and  I do not wish to contact staff each time I want to make a small change for the better on my wiki that will enrich it..

I hope that my comments and notes will be taken into consideration. Thank you

Princess Diva 

Proud admin or moderator of Britney Spears Wiki, Gossip Girl Wiki, The Lying Game Wiki, and Pretty Little Liars Wiki. JS will remain fully editable, and if your changes did not contain anything malicious, there should be no problems getting it approved. Allowing people, however, to add whatever scripts their want without oversight is a security risk, which has been exploited. While this new CR process may not be an ideal solution, and will probably not start smoothly, it is a definite improvement with regards to security.