Extension:EditWarning

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EditWarning 0.4 Release status: stable
Implementation	Notify
Description	Displays a warning if user edits a page/section which is currently being edited.
Author(s)	nemphisTalk
Last version	0.4 (2011-10-28)
MediaWiki	1.16, 1.17
License	GNU GPL Version 2.0 or later
Download	[1]
Parameters $EditWarning_Timeout, $EditWarning_OnlyEditor
Hooks used AlternateEdit ArticleSave UserLogout ArticleViewHeader OutputPageBeforeHTML
Check usage (experimental)

What can this extension do?

On pages which are being edited by many users simultaneously edit conflicts can easily happen. This extension tries to avoid this problem by showing a warning message if the user edits a page that is being edited by other users at the same time. It's very similar to the MoinMoin Wiki warning with the difference that it doesn't lock the page.

Notice: It's not recommended to use this extension if anonymous users are allowed to edit pages, because it ignores anonymous page edits.

I've written this extension for a MediaWiki installation I maintained some time ago. Because I don't maintain it anymore, this extension won't receive any further major improvements or features. Even bugfixes may take some time. Please be patient or send me a patch.

Licence

GNU GPL Version 2.0 or later. (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

Source

https://github.com/nemphis/mw-editwarning

Installation

• Move the folder "EditWarning" to the "extensions" folder of your MediaWiki installation.
• Execute the following SQL statements in your MediaWiki database:

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS editwarning_locks (
  user_id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
  user_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  article_id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,
  timestamp int(11) unsigned NOT NULL,
  section int(2) unsigned NOT NULL,
  KEY user_id (user_id),
  KEY article_id (article_id)
) ENGINE=InnoDB;

ALTER TABLE editwarning_locks
  ADD CONSTRAINT editwarning_locks_ibfk_1 FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES user (user_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE,
  ADD CONSTRAINT editwarning_locks_ibfk_2 FOREIGN KEY (article_id) REFERENCES page (page_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;

• Add the following to LocalSettings.php:

require_once("$IP/extensions/EditWarning/EditWarning.php");

• Optional: The default timeout is set to 10 minutes. If you want to change this setting, add this line to your LocalSettings.php (Note: The value is the number of minutes):

$EditWarning_Timeout = 5;

• Optional: The extension hides everything except the editor area (see screenshots). If you don't like this behavior, add this line to your LocalSettings.php:

$EditWarning_OnlyEditor = "false";

Upgrade from 0.3

See the UPGRADE file.

Known Issues

• The extension can only recognize the cancel of page editing if the user uses the "Cancel" button. Otherwise the warning will be showed until the timeout (default 10 minutes).

See also

• The Ajax Show Editors extension