Extension:OrphanedTalkPages

The OrphanedTalkPages extension adds a new Special page to MediaWiki: Special:OrphanedTalkPages. This special page lists all talk pages that do not have an accompanying page.

Configuration parameters

 * $wgOrphanedTalkPagesExemptedNamespaces
 * Controls which talk namespaces should be ignored when looking for orphaned talk pages. This variable is an array of namespace ids and is empty by default.


 * $wgOrphanedTalkPagesIgnoreUserTalk
 * Determines if the user talk namespace (3, or NS_USER_TALK) should be ignored when looking for orphaned talk pages. This variable is a boolean and set to true by default.

Other important notes

 * The query that this special page uses is considered expensive. This means that when is enabled, the results will be served from cache.
 * The special page may report talk pages as orphaned when they are not. The most common situation where this happens is File talk pages when or  is enabled.
 * While no dedicated API module is provided by OrphanedTalkPages itself, the API does provide the results of Special:OrphanedTalkPages using the  query list. For example:

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