Is TL4 "Make Wiki" Delay intentional?

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It seems that TL4 users are unable to convert a post into a wiki until that post is at least 5 minutes old. Based on feedback from the admin at my primary forum (@PJH) there does not appear to be any settings to change this timeframe.

  • Is this 5 minute delay intentional? If so:
  • Why is it not configurable?
  • What is the reasoning behind making TL4 users wait 5 minutes before making a post a wiki?
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My guess is it relates to the “Grace Period” posts have for editing. Not sure why it prevents the Wiki setting though…

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The “Grace Period” (ninja period, in the vernacular) is only about a minute where this has been observed.

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Ah, well then, that rules out that possibility :slight_smile:

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54 seconds. For some reason…

[postgres@sofa ~]$ psql -d discourse -c "select uh.updated_at, username, previous_value, new_value
from user_histories uh
join  users u on u.id=acting_user_id
where subject='ninja_edit_window'
order by uh.updated_at asc;"
         updated_at         | username | previous_value | new_value
----------------------------+----------+----------------+-----------
 2014-06-25 15:56:02.054118 | dhromed  | 300            | 60
 2014-07-15 16:05:28.750162 | PJH      | 60             | 300
 2014-07-15 16:05:33.381305 | PJH      | 300            | 60
 2014-10-29 00:50:43.081509 | system   | 60             | 54
(4 rows)

[postgres@sofa ~]$
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It should also be noted that this only affects TL4 users. Staff users are able to make posts of any age into wikis.

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This was a bug, which I have fixed in this commit:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/f15b0d205f62dad5ffc468cded650677497be148

As always, thanks for letting me know about it!

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I think @eviltrout just fixed this