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how effective in talk page ??? nobody talk ??

please let's me know how to make my site effectively look like mediawiki.

-- 58.8.226.137 - 08:08, 16 October 2008


 * Talk pages are pretty effective when the subject of discussion is... the contents of the wiki page itself. For example on this talk page you might say something like "I don't really like the spiders example. It's a bit silly. How can we improve it?". That is an example of a good on-topic discussion to have here.
 * Now you seem to be asking a question about configuring MediaWiki. Probably this relates to "Skins", so go check out the Manual:Skins page. If you find that manual page unclear, you might leave a comment on Manual talk:Skins. That might be a useful way for you to help us improve our manual.
 * ...however, if you are asking a newbie question about configuring mediawiki then you could head over to the Project:Support desk or look at other Communication alternatives. That is a more effective way of getting help.
 * Hope that helps
 * -- Harry Wood 15:15, 17 November 2008 (UTC)

WikiText
Wikitext is difficult to get started with. Any suggestions on practicing? I do not have access to Sandbox yet! Laura trout13:31, 4 May 2009 (UTC)

Anonymous users can edit/create only talk pages
Hello

Question: How can I keep anonymous users limited to editing/creating only talk pages?

Answer: With these options: $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['editpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edittalk'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*']['createtalk'] = true;

Question: and if I don't want the anonymous user to have permission to create a discussion page?

Answer: use this option:

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createtalk'] = false;

How can I protect all pages with the exception of talk pages from the anonymous user? Maybe auto protect newly created pages?

-- Dracorp (talk) 13:44, 21 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Set $wgNamespaceProtection variable (in your language) --wargo (talk) 16:15, 25 January 2013 (UTC)