Extension:FlaggedRevs

Article validation allows for a reviewer/editor class of users to rate article's accuracy/depth/style and set those revisions as the default revision to show upon normal page view.

These revisions will remain the same even if included templates are changed or images are overwritten. The text with expanded transclusions is stored. Image revisions that were deleted/moved will not however. Depending on the configuration, this may not be a limitation for transcluded pages as well.

Setup
Add the  line to localsettings.php.

Run the FlaggedRevs.sql query, substituting in your wiki's table prefix.

As the relevant core changes have not yet been made to svn trunk, to test this, you must:


 * SVN up from "http://svn.wikimedia.org/viewvc/mediawiki/branches/phase3_rev_deleted" instead of /trunk.
 * Run update.php
 * Run rebuildImages.php

Configuration
FlaggedRevs.php comes with a number of configurable variables. To modify these, it is best if you copy them to localsettings.php and change them there.

Use
First, make sure there is a bureaucrat or steward account (Stewards can set any arbitrary rights). Bureaucrat accounts, by default, can promote users to reviewer status or remove it.

Users with reviewer status will have a small rating form on page view and diffs that lets them review revisions.

Logging
A log of promotion/demotion of reviewers and why is kept at Special:Log.

A log of the approval/unapproval of revisions is kept at Special:Log.

Limitations

 * Transclusions across wikis are not stabilized
 * External images are not stabilized

Dependencies

 * bug 5877
 * FileRepo - this extension will be delayed until some work here is done, so as to avoid conflicts
 * Bitfields for rev_deleted - for preserving page histories

Licensing and downloads
(c) GPL, Jeorg Baach, Aaron Schulz, 2007