Set $wgBlockAllowsUTEdit = true; by default

This setting allows blocked users to edit their talk page, unless
talk page editing is specificly revoked in the Special:Block screen.

Almost all Wikimedia wikis do this, to the point where many people
don't even realize it's a config option.

Note: Existing blocks will not be affected by this setting change.

Change-Id: I05194f3fb313098284c474c948d7d26541ab6094

diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.26 b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.26
index f07514d..99fc2eb 100644 (file)
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES-1.26
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES-1.26
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ production.
 * The UserRights hook is deprecated in favor of the new UserGroupsChanged hook.
 * AuthPlugin::initUser() and AuthPlugin::updateUser() should no longer replace
   the passed User object.
+* $wgBlockAllowsUTEdit is now set to true by default. This allows
+  blocked users to edit their talk pages unless explicitly disabled
+  when they are being blocked.
 
 === New features in 1.26 ===
 * (T51506) Now action=info gives estimates of actual watchers for a page.

diff --git a/includes/DefaultSettings.php b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
index c5fdbac..3895318 100644 (file)
--- a/includes/DefaultSettings.php
+++ b/includes/DefaultSettings.php
@@ -4573,7 +4573,7 @@ $wgAutoblockExpiry = 86400;
 /**
  * Set this to true to allow blocked users to edit their own user talk page.
  */
-$wgBlockAllowsUTEdit = false;
+$wgBlockAllowsUTEdit = true;
 
 /**
  * Allow sysops to ban users from accessing Emailuser