Extension:Minimum Name Length

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Minimum Name Length Release status: stable
Implementation	User identity
Description	Enforce a minimum username length during account creation
Author(s)	Rob Church (Robchurchtalk)
Last version	1.1 (2008-01-11)
MediaWiki	1.16+
License	BSD
Download	SVN [?]: checkout-url tree code changes README see Subversion
Hooks used AbortNewAccount
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The Minimum Name Length extension allows wiki administrators to set a minimum length for usernames which will be enforced during account creation.

Requirements

The Minimum Name Length extension requires MediaWiki 1.11.0 or above.

Installation

1. Check out all extension files and place them in a MinimumNameLength subdirectory within your MediaWiki extensions directory
2. Add the line require_once( "{$IP}/extensions/MinimumNameLength/MinimumNameLength.php" ); to your LocalSettings.php file

Installation can be verified through the Special:Version page on the wiki.

Configuration

To configure the minimum name length, set $wgMinimumNameLength in LocalSettings.php, after the call to include the extension, e.g.

require_once( "{$IP}/extensions/MinimumNameLength/MinimumNameLength.php" );

$wgMinimumNameLength = 10;

Change log

A complete log of changes to the extension code (including internationalisation updates from third parties) is available from the Subversion log, however, summarised information on changes between point releases is given below:

Version	Release Date	Comments
1.1	11/01/2008	now using wfLoadExtensionMessages
1.0	29/03/2007	Initial version