Extension:BlockTitles
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 Release status: unknown |
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| Implementation | Page action |
| Description | allows users to block the creation or editing of articles with certain title names |
| Author(s) | Travis Derouin |
| Version | 0.1 (2006-12-01) |
| MediaWiki | 1.6+ |
| Download | via SVN |
The BlockTitles extension allows MediaWiki administrators to block the creation, or editing, of articles with particular title names. For example, a commmon spam technique is to post an article that has the name of a URL. Using this tool can prevent these articles from being created.
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[edit] License
Copyright 2006 Travis Derouin
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
[edit] Author
Travis Derouin ( travis @ wikihow.com)
[edit] Pre-requisites
This extension was tested with MediaWiki 1.6.7 and MediaWiki 1.8.2.
[edit] Installation
Get the source via SVN.
In your MediaWiki LocalSettings.php, add the following line some place towards the bottom of the file:
require_once("$IP/extensions/BlockTitles/BlockTitles.php");
[edit] Configuration
Simply add any regular expressions you want to the variable $wgBlockTitlePatterns in BlockTitles.php. By default there are no set patterns.
[edit] Bugs and enhancements
Bugs or feature requests can be sent to the author at travis @ wikihow.com.
