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  2. CONFSERVER-5927

Grant permission to create content on behalf of another user

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      There are a couple of situations where it would be useful to be able to create content on behalf of another user:
      1. Administrators often need to be able to post content on behalf of their manager
      2. When bringing old content into Confluence it would be ideal to be able to maintain the original author without requiring that author to do the editing themselves

      This relates to CONF-1711 which requires similar functionality for managing post dates. I guess what is really needed is a general metadata update privilege. Clearly this should not be a globally available privilege as it can be abused. I'd propose allowing administrators to be able to do this, and they should also to be able to grant permissions to others. It probably also needs to be a per-space setting.

            [CONFSERVER-5927] Grant permission to create content on behalf of another user

            BillA added a comment -

            Thank you for raising this issue. While we can see how this feature would be useful, we have no plans to implement it in the foreseeable future. In order to set expectations, we're closing this request now.

            Thanks again for your idea.

            Bill Arconati,
            Confluence Group Product Manager

            BillA added a comment - Thank you for raising this issue. While we can see how this feature would be useful, we have no plans to implement it in the foreseeable future. In order to set expectations, we're closing this request now. Thanks again for your idea. Bill Arconati, Confluence Group Product Manager

            Andy Armstrong added a comment -

            Another similar issue that just came up was the need to be able to edit our CEO's blog (to save him the time and/or aggravation), but the entries have to look like they come from him.

            Andy Armstrong added a comment - Another similar issue that just came up was the need to be able to edit our CEO's blog (to save him the time and/or aggravation), but the entries have to look like they come from him.

            Phillip Steinbachs added a comment -

            I need similar capabilities for the same reasons, and really consider it a major problem. I've elaborated on this in http://forums.atlassian.com/thread.jspa?threadID=10145

            Phillip Steinbachs added a comment - I need similar capabilities for the same reasons, and really consider it a major problem. I've elaborated on this in http://forums.atlassian.com/thread.jspa?threadID=10145

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