Extension:WikiForum

The WikiForum extension adds a discussion forum in the form of a new special page, Special:WikiForum. WikiForum pages for the most part are indexed by search engines (such as Google) and you can search them by using WikiForum's internal search.

If the  is installed, its avatars will be displayed on forum threads. Currently WikiForum has no built-in avatar support.

Please see [http://www.shoutwiki.com/wiki/Help:WikiForum the WikiForum help page on ShoutWiki] for more information.

Configuration
In the original WikiForum, there were plenty of configuration globals. Most of these have been removed in favor of configuration done via the MediaWiki namespace.

CAPTCHAs have now been integrated into WikiForum. If Extension:ConfirmEdit is installed, CAPTCHAs will be shown to users without the  permission. You may need to set  in localsettings below where ConfirmEdit is required in order for CAPTCHAs to show. To disable CAPTCHAs, simply set that to false.

User rights
WikiForum adds two new user rights,  and. Users with the wikiforum-admin permission can create, delete and edit categories and forums, while the wikiforum-moderator permission is required to edit and delete threads and individual replies.

By default administrators (the sysop group) have both of these rights. WikiForum also creates a new group, forumadmin, which has both of these user rights. Bureaucrats can assign users to the forumadmin group and remove them from the group.