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alphager 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Most admins on Wikipedia are competent in areas outside of webdev and security.

formerly_proven 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Wikipedia admins are not IT admins, they're more like forum moderators or admins on a free phpBB 2 hosting service in 2005. They don't have "admin" access to backend systems. Those are the WMF sysadmins.

	▲	Wikipedianon 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is half true, because Wikipedia admins had the ability to edit sitewide JavaScript until 2018. A certain number of "community" admins maintain that right to this day after it was realized this was a massive security hole.