Requests for comment/Reimplement info action

This is a requests for comment about reimplementing the info action.

Background

The "info" action (?action=info) has existed in MediaWiki since r4242. It is by default disabled due to performance reasons, to enable set $wgAllowPageInfo to true.

• bug 547
• bug 28814
• bug 16362

Redesign

The idea is to make the "info" action a portal for each page title. This would allow users to view statistical information about the page such as:

• page creator
• page creation date

Reimplementation

There are a few steps to reimplementing the "info" action. Only some groundwork needs to be laid so that future development can easily add to the action in the future.

Steps

1. Cut a hole in the box.