Extension talk:GlobalBlocking

Older Versions

Does this work with older versions of MediaWiki?

I'll give it a try in the next few days on a collection of wikis as old as 1.10.0, but if anyone has other information I'd like to know. Mattclare 15:57, 25 January 2012 (UTC)

It might work, but it's not reccomended. I'd defer to a developer's opinion on whether it'll work or not.Jasper Deng 06:37, 27 January 2012 (UTC)

Users

Can I also globally block a user with this extension? Spidey665 18:32, 1 January 2012 (UTC)

Support is currently being added.Jasper Deng 06:08, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

Exceptions

I know Meta is an exception to global blocking on WMF projects; how do I create such an exception?Jasper Deng 21:07, 11 February 2012 (UTC)

I'd presume you'd load the extension (require_once...) from LocalSettings.php in every wiki *except* Meta or whatever you wanted to make as an exception? If it isn't loaded, it can't block anything. ;) --Carlb 13:49, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Or you add $wgGroupPermissions['*']['globalblock-whitelist'] = true; to the LocalSettings.php of your main wiki so all users are nevertheless not blocked if they are acutally globally blocked. SVG 16:23, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Update: Just set $wgApplyGlobalBlocks = false; for your Meta wiki. Tim (SVG) 19:14, 7 April 2012 (UTC)

Yeah, I discovered that setting after I installed the extension. I'd really wish that they'd include my IPv6 patch by default, since it requires absolutely no re-programming.--Jasper Deng (talk) 19:17, 7 April 2012 (UTC)