Extension:ArticleFeedback


 * See Article feedback/Public Policy Pilot for more information.

The Article Feedback Tool was a Wikimedia Foundation project designed to engage Wikimedia readers in the assessment of article quality, one of the five priorities defined in the strategic plan. It has been superseded by Extension:ArticleFeedbackv5. This extension is currently unmaintained.

Installation
You also need to install:
 * Extension:ClickTracking (which requires Extension:UserDailyContribs)
 * Extension:EmailCapture

To install this extension, add the following to LocalSettings.php:

You also must run maintenance/update.php (...twice, because it has a bug.)

If you get an error about Call to undefined function getUserEditCountSince, then check your installation of the User Daily Contribs extension.

$wgArticleFeedbackCategories
An array of category titles (using '_'s instead of spaces). Pages in any of these categories will have the rating widget shown. If empty (the default), the extension is effectively disabled, depending on the value of. e.g.:

$wgArticleFeedbackBlacklistCategories
Which categories the pages must not belong to have the rating widget added (with _ in text). e.g.:

$wgArticleFeedbackNamespaces
Only enable the rating widget in these namespaces (regardless of the category of the page). Defaults to  (defaults to   ). e.g.:

$wgArticleFeedbackLotteryOdds
Articles not categorized as one of the values in  can still have the rating widget pseudo-randomly activated by applying the following odds to a lottery based on. The value can be a floating point number (percentage) in range of 0 - 100, 0 being always off, 100 being always on. Tenths of a percent are the smallest increments used. e.g.:

$wgArticleFeedbackDashboard
Whether to enable the dashboard page (disabled by default). e.g.:

$wgArticleFeedbackRatings
A good way to configure the categories is configurable 'just fine' using $wgArticleFeedbackRatings and corresponding entries in the article_feedback_ratings table.