Extension:AgeClassification

MediaWiki extensions manual

AgeClassification Release status: stable
Implementation	Skin , MyWiki , Hook
Description	Age classification from “Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia-Diensteanbieter e.V.” (Voluntary Self-Regulation of Multimedia Service Providers) (FSM)
Author(s)	WikiMANNia (WikiForMentalk)
Latest version	1.5.0 (2023-10-27)
MediaWiki	1.35+
PHP	7.3.19+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	GitHub: project page git repository URL [help ] commit history Note: No localisation updates are provided by translatewiki.net .
Parameters $wgAgeClassificationButton $wgAgeClassificationButtonURL $wgAgeClassificationMetaName $wgAgeClassificationMetaContent
Hooks used BeforePageDisplay SkinAfterPortlet SkinBuildSidebar

The AgeClassification extension allows the addition of meta-data and an age classification's identification button from “Freiwillige Selbstkontrolle Multimedia-Diensteanbieter e.V.” (Voluntary Self-Regulation of Multimedia Service Providers) (FSM) to a wikis Sidebar .

Use

Install the extension and for the setup in the LocalSettings.php see the FSM manual.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called AgeClassification in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'AgeClassification' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration options

Button

• Enable or disable the AgeClassificationButton
  • true = enabled
  • false = disabled
  • 'not set' = disabled

$wgAgeClassificationButton = false;

• Set a link to your age classification page.

$wgAgeClassificationButtonURL = "https://www.altersklassifizierung.de";

MetaData

Set the age classification metadata.

$wgAgeClassificationMetaName = "age-de-meta-label";
$wgAgeClassificationMetaContent = "age=0 hash: yourdigitalcode v=1.0 kind=sl protocol=all";

See also

• Age classification (Germany)

Remarks

• Branch REL1_25 works from REL1_25 and has been tested up to MediaWiki version REL1_37 .
• Branch REL1_35 works from REL1_35 and has been tested up to MediaWiki version REL1_40 .
• Version 1.5 has some Refactoring:

  Changed "configuration schema", replaced manifest version 1 with version 2 and changed the prefix of the configuration variables from default to wm.

  Replaced class “AgeClassificationHooks” (extends “Hooks”) with class implements interfaces.

• Tested with: 1.35.13, 1.39.5, 1.40.1