Extension:LinkFilter

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LinkFilter Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page
Description	Adds some new special pages and a parser hook for link submitting/approval/reject
Author(s)	Aaron Wright David Pean Jack Phoenix
Last version	2.1
MediaWiki	1.18+
Database changes	yes
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters $wgLinkFilterDirectory $wgLinkFilterTypes $wgLinkPageDisplay
Added rights linkadmin
Hooks used TitleMoveComplete ArticleDelete ArticleFromTitle ParserFirstCallInit LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates CanonicalNamespaces RenameUserSQL
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LinkFilter is an extension to allow users to submit news (etc.) links and wiki admins/other privileged users to approve them.

In addition to the new special pages, LinkFilter also provides <linkfilter> parser hook tag.

New special pages

• Special:LinkSubmit
• Special:LinkApprove (available to users with linkadmin right)
• Special:LinkEdit (redirects to LinkSubmit form, allowing to edit the link details, target etc.)
• Special:LinksHome
• Special:LinkRedirect

Installation

1. Get the source code
2. Create the new, required database table by re-running the MediaWiki updater script, update.php
3. If a pre-r90829 version of the SocialProfile extension is installed on the wiki, you'll need to patch the existing user_stats table by running patch-columns_for_user_stats.sql against it
4. Add the following into the wiki's LocalSettings.php:
   require_once("$IP/extensions/LinkFilter/Link.php");
5. Installation can now be verified through the wiki's Special:Version

Configuration

• $wgLinkFilterDirectory — path to LinkFilter's files. Defaults to $IP/extensions/LinkFilter.
• $wgLinkFilterTypes — an array of link types that will be available in the dropdown menu on Special:LinkSubmit. If this is not defined, LinkFilter will use the defaults in Link::$link_types. The defaults are the same as Link::$link_types currently:

$wgLinkFilterTypes = array(
        1 => 'Arrest Report',
        2 => 'Awesome',
        3 => 'Cool',
        4 => 'Funny',
        6 => 'Interesting',
        7 => 'Obvious',
        8 => 'OMG WTF?!?',
        9 => 'Rumor',
        10 => 'Scary',
        11 => 'Stupid',
);

• $wgLinkPageDisplay — not really a configuration variable per se. Used to display different stuff on LinkFilter pages. For example, setting $wgLinkPageDisplay['in_the_news'] = true; will display "In the News" section on Special:LinksHome.

Customization

You can edit the general instructions displayed to everyone on Special:LinkSubmit by editing MediaWiki:Linkfilter-instructions.

Admins instructions can be edited through MediaWiki:Linkfilter-admin-instructions.

User rights

The extension adds one new user right, linkadmin. Users with this right are able to use LinkFilter's administrative functions, such as approve/reject links. By default, linkadmin, staff and sysop groups have this right.