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Meta Proposal authors can cause disruption by deleting their proposal

Thanks for pointing this out. I think this is a broader problem than just proposals: wiki posts are intended to be community-owned, so the original author shouldn't have any special privileges on ...

posted 3mo ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by Monica Cellio‭

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#2: Post edited by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2024-10-02T20:10:22Z (2 months ago)
  • Thanks for pointing this out. I think this is a broader problem than just proposals: wiki posts are intended to be community-owned, so the original author shouldn't have any special privileges on the post. Ideally, wiki posts would be ownerless.
  • In this specific case, we should restore the proposal because it had activity, and honor the original poster's request to disassociate it. The UI doesn't support disassociation right now, so I'm going to have to get help on that for a direct database change.
  • Thanks for pointing this out. I think this is a broader problem than just proposals: wiki posts are intended to be community-owned, so the original author shouldn't have any special privileges on the post. Ideally, wiki posts would be ownerless. **Edit 2024-10-02:** posts with the "freely editable" setting (wiki posts) can no longer be deleted by the original posters.
  • In this specific case, we should restore the proposal because it had activity, and honor the original poster's request to disassociate it. The UI doesn't support disassociation right now, so I'm going to have to get help on that for a direct database change.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar Monica Cellio‭ · 2024-09-08T02:28:59Z (3 months ago)
Thanks for pointing this out.  I think this is a broader problem than just proposals: wiki posts are intended to be community-owned, so the original author shouldn't have any special privileges on the post.  Ideally, wiki posts would be ownerless.

In this specific case, we should restore the proposal because it had activity, and honor the original poster's request to disassociate it.  The UI doesn't support disassociation right now, so I'm going to have to get help on that for a direct database change.