Extension:CheckuserPages

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CheckuserPages Release status: unknown
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
Download	Code
Added rights clerk
Hooks used userCan
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.

Namespace settings

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

Usage

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.

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' );

Code

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' );

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',
 );

See also

• AccessControl
• Lockdown
• Manual:Using_custom_namespaces

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