Extension:CheckuserPages

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CheckuserPages

Release status: unknown
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Implementation  User rights
Description Add 'checkuser only read' protect namespaces for private information
Author(s)  Edward (FerrerTalk)
Last Version  1.0
MediaWiki  1.13
License GNU GPLv2
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check usage (experimental)
Based on Lockdown & CheckUser Extensions.

CheckuserPages extension create protect namespace (and talk), prevent inclusion of pages from that namespace; and add 'clerk' usergroup with permissions from read and edit added namespaces. Move and delete pages on protect namespaces bureaucrat only by default.

Contents

[edit] Namespace settings

  • NS_CHECKUSER: 'checkuser' and 'clerk' group only;
  • NS_CHECKUSER_TALK: 'autoconfirmed', 'sysop', 'checkuser' and 'clerk' group only;

[edit] Usage

[edit] Download

Place the files in $IP/extensions/CheckuserPages/. Note: $IP stands for the root directory of your MediaWiki installation, the same directory that holds LocalSettings.php.

[edit] Installation

To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

 # add configuration parameters here
 # add user rights here
 require_once("$IP/extensions/CheckuserPages/CheckuserPages.php");
 
 # default settings CheckuserPages extension
 $wgAddGroups['bureaucrat'] = array( 'clerk' );
 $wgRemoveGroups['bureaucrat'] = array( 'clerk' );

[edit] Code

[edit] CheckuserPages.php

 <?php
 
 /**
  * CheckuserPages extension
  * @author Edward (Ferrer); <ferrer126@gmail.com>
  * @copyright © 2008 Edward
  * @licence GNU General Public Licence 2.0 or later
 */
 
 # CheckuserPages Extension Credits
 $wgExtensionCredits['specialpage'][] = array(
         'name' => 'CheckuserPages',
         'version' => 1.0,
         'author' => 'Edward',
         'url' => 'http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:CheckuserPages',
         'description' => 'Add checkuser-only read protect namespaces for private information.',
 );
 
 # Add 'clerk' group
 $wgAvailableRights[] = 'clerk';
 # GroupPermissions settings
 $wgGroupPermissions['clerk']['clerk'] = true;
 # $wgGroupPermissions['bureaucrat']['clerk'] = true;
 $wgGroupPermissions['checkuser']['clerk'] = true;
 
 # Add CheckUser: and CU_talk: namespace
 define("NS_CHECKUSER", 100);
 define("NS_CHECKUSER_TALK", 101);
 $wgExtraNamespaces[NS_CHECKUSER] = "CheckUser";
 $wgExtraNamespaces[NS_CHECKUSER_TALK] = "CU_talk";
 
 # Lockdown settings
 ## CheckUser: namespace settings
 $wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_CHECKUSER]['read'] = array( 'checkuser', 'clerk' );
 $wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_CHECKUSER]['edit'] = array( 'checkuser', 'clerk' );
 $wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_CHECKUSER]['move'] = array( 'checkuser', 'bureaucrat' );
 $wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_CHECKUSER]['delete'] = array( 'checkuser', 'bureaucrat' );
 
 ## CU_talk: namespace settings
 $wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_CHECKUSER_TALK]['read'] = array( 'autoconfirmed', 'clerk', 'checkuser', 'sysop' );
 $wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_CHECKUSER_TALK]['edit'] = array( 'autoconfirmed', 'clerk', 'checkuser', 'sysop' );
 $wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_CHECKUSER_TALK]['move'] = array( 'checkuser', 'bureaucrat' );
 $wgNamespacePermissionLockdown[NS_CHECKUSER_TALK]['delete'] = array( 'checkuser', 'bureaucrat' );
 
 # Prevent inclusion of pages from that namespace
 $wgNonincludableNamespaces[] = NS_CHECKUSER;
 $wgNonincludableNamespaces[] = NS_CHECKUSER_TALK;
 
 # Internationalizing
 $wgExtensionMessagesFiles['CheckuserPages'] = dirname( __FILE__ ) . '/CheckuserPages.i18n.php';
 wfLoadExtensionMessages( 'CheckuserPages' );

[edit] CheckuserPages.i18n.php

 <?php
 
 /**
  * Internationalisation file for cu_pages extension.
 */
 
 <?php
 $messages = array();
 $messages['en'] = array(
         'group-clerk' => 'Clerks',
         'group-clerk-member' => 'clerk',
         'grouppage-clerk' => 'Project:Clerks',
 );
 $messages['ru'] = array(
         'group-clerk' => 'Клерки',
         'group-clerk-member' => 'клерк',
         'grouppage-clerk' => 'Project:Клерки',
 );

[edit] See also

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