User blog comment:LondonDauntlessCorvair963/CLOSE TO BREAKING EVERY ITEM IN MY HOUSE/@comment-4052371-20130824011050

I think it should at least check whether or not you are an autoconfirmed user by looking at the variable wgUserGroups before it decides to show the popup. I'm personally not a big fan of the popup either, and I don't think it actually encourages people to read the rules.