Extension:EditWarning

What can this extension do?
On pages which are being edited by many users simultaneously edit conflicts can easily happen. This extension tries to avoid this problem by showing a warning message if the user edits a page that is being edited by other users at the same time. It's very similar to the MoinMoin Wiki warning with the difference that it doesn't lock the page.

Notice: It's not recommended to use this extension if anonymous users are allowed to edit pages, because it ignores anonymous page edits.

''I've written this extension for a MediaWiki installation I maintained some time ago. Because I don't maintain it anymore, this extension won't receive any further major improvements or features. Even bugfixes may take some time. Please be patient or send me a patch.''

Licence
GNU GPL Version 2.0 or later. (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html)

Source
https://github.com/nemphis/mw-editwarning

Installation
CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS editwarning_locks ( user_id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,  user_name varchar(255) NOT NULL,  article_id int(10) unsigned NOT NULL,  timestamp int(11) unsigned NOT NULL,  section int(2) unsigned NOT NULL,  KEY user_id (user_id),  KEY article_id (article_id) ) ENGINE=InnoDB;
 * git clone https://github.com/nemphis/mw-editwarning; mv mw-editwarning EditWarning
 * Move the folder "EditWarning" to the "extensions" folder of your MediaWiki installation.
 * Execute the following SQL statements in your MediaWiki database:

ALTER TABLE editwarning_locks ADD CONSTRAINT editwarning_locks_ibfk_1 FOREIGN KEY (user_id) REFERENCES user (user_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE, ADD CONSTRAINT editwarning_locks_ibfk_2 FOREIGN KEY (article_id) REFERENCES page (page_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE;
 * Add the following to LocalSettings.php:


 * Optional: The default timeout is set to 10 minutes. If you want to change this setting, add this line to your LocalSettings.php (Note: The value is the number of minutes):


 * Optional: The extension hides everything except the editor area (see screenshots). If you don't like this behavior, add this line to your LocalSettings.php:

Upgrade from 0.3
See the UPGRADE file.

Known Issues

 * The extension can only recognize the cancel of page editing if the user uses the "Cancel" button. Otherwise the warning will be showed until the timeout (default 10 minutes).