Cannot edit protected pages with Bot in LockDown wiki
Hello,
I have noticed that I cannot edit pages with Perl MediaWiki::Bot bots if they are protected ('protect' or 'autoconfirmed' protections). No problem when done using the same bot logged in as user from the browser. The error I get in the script: Error code 3: protectedpage: The ``autoconfirmed right is required to edit this page at myscript.pl line 189. Any idea?
Apologies, it's also failing with Lockdown disabled. So it must be another thing.
No, it still fails. Apart from the previous error, it does not get the bot flag: Mybot doesn't have a bot flag; edits will be visible in RecentChanges at /usr/local/share/perl/5.10.1/MediaWiki/Bot.pm line 1928.. No problem when logged from the browser, though. I'll continue researching.
The problem I comment is with hook SearchableNamespaces, once only this is disabled, bot is loaded with proper permissions. I suspect it must be MediaWiki bug therefore. I filled a bug. Unless you host private content, you can comment line: $wgHooks['SearchableNamespaces'][] = 'lockdownSearchableNamespaces'; to bring robots back to work.
