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Indicate global (b)locks on User Info Card
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mszwarc
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Johannnes89
Aug 4 2025, 3:57 PM
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KColeman-WMF
Tgr

Description

Feature summary:
The user info card currently shows active blocks, but that only applies to local blocks. If an account is globally blocked or globally locked, another row should appear indicating the global (b)lock. Using the icon proposed in T398286 for globally (b)locked users as well would also be an improvement.

Use cases:
Admins or patrollers checking logs or page histories could spot globally (b)locked accounts more easily. Sometimes LTA sockpuppets are globally (b)locked on sight without any local blocks – currently opening the user info car would't indicate that stewards already dealt with the account.

Benefits:
There are some gadgets and user scripts which already indicate local/global blocks and global locks (e.g. the ones mentioned in T398286#10965452 or MarkBLockedGlobal) which wouldn't be needed if the User Info Card also indicated global (b)locks (the screenshot attached shows two different user scripts which are both able to mark the account as locked while the User Info Card only shows two local blocks).

Screenshot 2025-08-04 at 17.46.16.png (948×1 px, 273 KB)

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Related Changes in Gerrit:
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UIC: Display user's active global (b)locksmediawiki/extensions/CheckUsermaster+331 -9
UIC: Separate InfoRowWithLinks into two componentsmediawiki/extensions/CheckUsermaster+109 -62
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Johannnes89 created this task.Aug 4 2025, 3:57 PM
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mszwarc added a subscriber: KColeman-WMF.Aug 20 2025, 10:30 AM

This is how I imagine this feature:

image.png (902×782 px, 117 KB)

With possible messages:

  • This user is globally blocked since (date)
  • This user is globally blocked since (date) but can edit this wiki
  • This global account is locked since (date)

@KColeman-WMF what do you think about this design?

mszwarc mentioned this in T402490: Implement a way to get a date when user was locked.Aug 21 2025, 6:48 AM
KColeman-WMF added a comment.Aug 21 2025, 11:19 AM
In T401128#11101636, @mszwarc wrote:

This is how I imagine this feature:

image.png (902×782 px, 117 KB)

@KColeman-WMF what do you think about this design?

Thanks for sharing this proposal! I agree we could use the message component, or add a new list item to the top near "active blocks". Any preferences/thoughts on these?

user-info-card-globalblock-21Aug.png (977×2 px, 167 KB)

I'm leaning towards option A (new list item) as it minimises adding too much whitespace.

With possible messages:

  • This user is globally blocked since (date)
  • This user is globally blocked since (date) but can edit this wiki
  • This global account is locked since (date)

These look good, although we can probably trim the copy further:

  • Globally blocked since (date)
  • Globally blocked since (date) but can edit this wiki
  • Global account locked since (date)
Tgr subscribed.Aug 21 2025, 1:48 PM

On an aside, would be great to get T373388: Merge CentralAuth locks into GlobalBlocking done and reduce the feature duplication various kinds of admin interfaces require.

KColeman-WMF added a comment.Aug 21 2025, 2:04 PM

user-info-card-globalblock-21Aug.png (977×2 px, 167 KB)

Design update:

The consensus on the PSI team is to go with option B (message component above list). We would also like to link to the specific global block that is affecting the user:

image.png (1×1 px, 218 KB)

Dreamy_Jazz subscribed.Aug 21 2025, 2:13 PM
In T401128#11106539, @Tgr wrote:

On an aside, would be great to get T373388: Merge CentralAuth locks into GlobalBlocking done and reduce the feature duplication various kinds of admin interfaces require.

+1

KColeman-WMF added a comment.EditedAug 21 2025, 2:18 PM

@Johannnes89 I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on how prominent this globally blocked/locked message needs to be? Should it be given the same prominence as "active local blocks" or should it be even more prominent (as it is in design options B and C)?

Johannnes89 added a comment.Aug 21 2025, 5:12 PM
In T401128#11106690, @KColeman-WMF wrote:

@Johannnes89 I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on how prominent this globally blocked/locked message needs to be? Should it be given the same prominence as "active local blocks" or should it be even more prominent (as it is in design options B and C)?

I like option B, but I think the same prominence as „active blocks“ is fine, the text doesn’t need to be bold.

mszwarc moved this task from Inbox to In Progress on the CheckUser-UserInfoCard board.Aug 22 2025, 9:21 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Aug 25 2025, 7:42 AM

Change #1181587 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mszwarc; author: Mszwarc):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] UIC: Separate InfoRowWithLinks into two components

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1181587

gerritbot added a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 25 2025, 7:42 AM

Change #1181588 had a related patch set uploaded (by Mszwarc; author: Mszwarc):

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] UIC: Display user's active global (b)locks

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1181588

mszwarc added a comment.Aug 25 2025, 9:54 AM

After taking into consideration the comments above and on Slack, I've implemented the proposal A (new list item at the top)

mszwarc moved this task from In Progress to Needs Review on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Princess Tarta (August 18 - September 5)) board.Aug 25 2025, 9:55 AM
mszwarc closed subtask T402490: Implement a way to get a date when user was locked as Resolved.Aug 27 2025, 11:59 AM
gerritbot added a comment.Aug 28 2025, 8:23 AM

Change #1181587 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] UIC: Separate InfoRowWithLinks into two components

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1181587

ReleaseTaggerBot added a project: MW-1.45-notes (1.45.0-wmf.17; 2025-09-02).Aug 28 2025, 9:00 AM
KColeman-WMF awarded a token.Aug 29 2025, 4:36 PM
Dreamy_Jazz moved this task from Needs Review to Needs QA on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Princess Tarta (August 18 - September 5)) board.Aug 29 2025, 5:30 PM
In T401128#11105976, @KColeman-WMF wrote:
  • Globally blocked since (date) but can edit this wiki

We changed this copy during code review to Globally blocked since <date> (locally disabled) because a user could be locally blocked while their global block is still disabled. Therefore, the message of "can edit this wiki" isn't technically correct in all cases. The new wording doesn't imply that the user can definitely edit the local wiki.

gerritbot added a comment.Aug 29 2025, 5:49 PM

Change #1181588 merged by jenkins-bot:

[mediawiki/extensions/CheckUser@master] UIC: Display user's active global (b)locks

https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/1181588

Maintenance_bot removed a project: Patch-For-Review.Aug 29 2025, 6:31 PM
OKryva-WMF edited projects, added Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Dadar Gulung (September 8 - September 26)); removed Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Princess Tarta (August 18 - September 5)).Sep 4 2025, 3:10 PM
OKryva-WMF moved this task from Priority Backlog to Needs QA on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Dadar Gulung (September 8 - September 26)) board.Sep 4 2025, 3:13 PM
Djackson-ctr moved this task from Needs QA to Done on the Trust and Safety Product Sprint (Sprint Dadar Gulung (September 8 - September 26)) board.EditedSep 19 2025, 1:48 AM
Djackson-ctr subscribed.

New Code Changes have been implemented, and verified (UserInfocard now displays the globally blocked verbiage or globally locked verbiage for active global blocks or active global locks)
QA was completed for this ticket using LocalHost: Mediawiki1.45.0-alpha / CheckUser 2.5 (6d1cd2d).
Testing was performed on various: Skins, Desktop View/MobileView, Chrome/Edge/Firefox/Safari, Windows/Mac/Android/iOS, RTL languages

kostajh closed this task as Resolved.Sep 19 2025, 6:37 AM
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