Extension:MediaWikiAuth

The MediaWikiAuth extension transparently logs a user in to a remote wiki, importing the user's account and preferences to the local wiki.

What can this extension do?
This extension uses the MediaWiki API and AuthManager framework to direct login requests with no local account to a remote wiki. The account and its preferences are imported, so the remote login only has be done once.

This extension is useful for moving a community from another wiki when you do not have access to the user account database. From a user perspective, it's like they already had an account on the local wiki.

Usage
Install MediaWikiAuth as specified below, set  for the remote wiki, and login using an account on the remote wiki which is not currently present on the local wiki. Preferences and watchlists will be imported; watchlists are imported via the job queue so for large watchlists it may take a while for them to be fully imported.

MediaWikiAuth does not import revisions or uploads, you will need to import those separately.