Extension:TalkRight

What can this extension do?
Talkright extension makes the editing of talk pages a distinct action from the editing of articles to create finer permissions, by adding the talk right.

Usage
On a semi private wiki, a user can be allowed to read but not to edit the content of a page as well as its talk page. This is done by setting:

Now, if you want to encourage comments to your wiki from a group of persons, by giving them rights to edit the talk pages only, you need to install this Talkright extension and to add, for example, the following two lines:

Version 1.3
New in this version: No need to modify 'includes/SkinTemplate.php' to edit "view source" button.

Tested with:
 * MW 1.16 - skins: monobook
 * MW 1.18

Installation

 * 1. Make a folder 'TalkRight' in MediaWiki's extensions folder.
 * 2. Copy the code below in a file named 'TalkRight.php' in this 'TalkRight' folder.
 * 3. Add the following line in the LocalSettings.php file:


 * 4. Now you can use the 'talk' right within the group user rights.

MediaWiki 1.12 and 1.13 Code
This code has been tested on MediaWiki 1.12 and 1.13.

MediaWiki 1.6.X Code
This code has been tested on MediaWiki 1.6.1 and 1.6.7. DOES NOT WORK FOR MediaWiki 1.12 and 1.13.