[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #19834: More Robust Capabilities for Attachments

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#19834: More Robust Capabilities for Attachments
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 Reporter:  walkinonwat3r    |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Awaiting Review
Component:  Media            |     Version:
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-patch      |
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Comment (by DrewAPicture):

 Replying to [comment:4 azaozz]:
 > In that terms I'm not sure how editing attachments and posts are
 "mutually exclusive". A user that shouldn't be editing posts (i.e. not
 trusted) shouldn't be able to edit attachments either.

 Well, let me give you a simple use case: News websites. Often, you'll have
 a photo editor or media person adding media to already-existing content.
 They don't need the ability to edit the written content but they DO need
 the ability to upload media and edit that media's metadata. And currently,
 you have to have the edit_posts cap to do that.

 What I mean be mutually exclusive is that editing posts is not the same as
 editing pages is not the same as editing media. They may all be
 structurally treated as post types but they serve very different purposes.

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