Extension:NoViewOnBlock

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NoViewOnBlock Release status: experimental
Implementation	User rights
Description	Blocked users can't view the wiki
Author(s)	Jacob Myers (spazTalk)
Last version	0.1
MediaWiki	Tested on 1.10.
License	CC0 waiver (public domain)
Download	this page
Hooks used userCan
Check usage (experimental)

Description

This extension prevents blocked users from viewing the wiki

Installation

Copy this into extensions/NoBlockedUserView.php:

extensions/NoBlockedUserView.php

<?php
$wgHooks['userCan'][] = 'CheckUserBlocked';
 
function CheckUserBlocked( $title, $user, $action, &$result ) {
    global $wgUser;
 
    if( $wgUser->isBlocked() && $action == 'read' ) {
        $result = false;
        return false;
    } else {
        $result = null;
        return true;
    }
}

Now add this to your LocalSettings.php file:

LocalSettings.php

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

Status

Note: I no longer mainain this due to time concerns and having moved on to greener pastures. Anyone else is welcome to adopt it. :)

This module works very well, however there are some limitations and a minor bug:

• Blocked users will be turned away with "The action you have requested is limited to users in one of the groups *, user." This may not be the message you want to send. Patches welcome to fix it. In the meantime, you can simply edit MediaWiki:Badaccess-groups, and change the contents to something even more generic (I.E., You can't perform that action).
• All blocked users will be turned away, keep this in mind.