Extension:GlobalNotice

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GlobalNotice Release status: stable
Implementation	Notify
Description	Global sitenotice(s) for wiki farms
Author(s)	Misza Jack Phoenix
Latest version	0.6.0 (2017-06-02)
MediaWiki	1.43.6+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball
Example	ShoutWiki
Parameters $wgGlobalNoticeDisplayWarningOnEditPage $wgGlobalNoticeFile
Hooks used EditPage::showEditForm:initial SiteNoticeAfter
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GlobalNotice is a MediaWiki extension that allows to create global sitenotices, which cannot be dismissed, on a wiki farm (such as ShoutWiki ).

Dependency

• MessageCommons — required to make the notices global

Installation

• Download and move the extracted GlobalNotice folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:

  cd extensions/
  git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/GlobalNotice
  

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'GlobalNotice' );
  

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

Configuration

• $wgGlobalNoticeDisplayWarningOnEditPage - This is by default equal to false. When set to true, a warning will show to the editor who's editing MediaWiki:Forced-globalnotice for informing the purpose of the message.

Usage

• MediaWiki:Forced-globalnotice – a site-wide notice shown for all users, no matter what their language is. Used only for things like server migration notices etc.
• MediaWiki:Globalnotice – global notice, depending on the user's language. This can be used to show language-specific stuff to users with a certain interface language (i.e. "We need more French translators! Pouvez-vous nous aider ?" on MediaWiki:Globalnotice/fr to show the message to all users with French as their interface language)
• MediaWiki:Globalnotice-sysop – a site-wide notice shown to all administrators (depending on language; MediaWiki:Globalnotice-sysop/fr to show a notice to all French sysops etc.)
  • MediaWiki:Globalnotice-bureaucrat – see above, but for bureaucrats
  • MediaWiki:Globalnotice-bot – see above...
  • MediaWiki:Globalnotice-rollback – once again, see above