Extension:GroupPermissionsManager/ExtendedPermissions

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Extended Permissions Release status: stable
Implementation	User rights
Description	Extended permissions system
Author(s)	Ryan Schmidt (SkizzerzTalk)
Last version	1.5
MediaWiki	1.12+
License	GPL
Download	Download Usage
Added rights grouppermissions, viewsource, raw, render, info, credits, history, search, contributions, recentchanges, edittalk
Hooks used UserGetRights userCan getUserPermissionsErrors NormalizeMessageKey

What can this plugin do?

This plugin to the GroupPermissionsManager extension implements a finer-grained permissions system into MediaWiki.

Usage

The following rights have been added or changed via this plugin:

viewsource

Can view page source if unable to edit the page

raw

Can use action=raw

render

Can use action=render

info

Can use action=info, if enabled

credits

Can use action=credits

history

Can view page history listings

readold

Can view old versions of pages and differences between revisions

search

Can search the wiki

contributions

Can view contributions pages, including own

recentchanges

Can view recent changes

edittalk

Can edit existing discussion pages (does not require the 'edit' permission)

edit

Can edit existing non-discussion pages

createpage

Can create non-discussion pages (does not require the 'edit' permission)

createtalk

Can create discussion pages (does not require the 'edit' or 'edittalk' permissions)

Download instructions

This plugin is a core plugin and as such is packaged with the extension. Please follow these directions to download either the full extension or just this plugin.

Installation

To install this plugin, place the .php file inside of the /plugins sub-directory of your GroupPermissionsManager extension. Then, browse to Special:Version of your wiki to confirm that "Extended Permissions" appears in there.