Extension:OrphanedTalkPages

MediaWiki extensions manual

OrphanedTalkPages Release status: stable
Implementation	Special page
Description	Provides a special page with a list of talk pages that do not have an accompanying page
Author(s)	Mainframe98talk
Latest version	1.4.0 (2020-10-01)
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.35.0+
Database changes	No
License	MIT License
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Parameters $wgOrphanedTalkPagesExemptedNamespaces $wgOrphanedTalkPagesIgnoreUserTalk
Hooks used wgQueryPages
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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.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted OrphanedTalkPages 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/OrphanedTalkPages
  

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'OrphanedTalkPages' );
  

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

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 $wgMiserMode 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 $wgUseInstantCommons or $wgForeignFileRepos is enabled.
• While no dedicated API module is provided by OrphanedTalkPages itself, the API does provide the results of Special:OrphanedTalkPages using the querypage query list. For example:
  api.php?action=query&list=querypage&qppage=OrphanedTalkPages&format=json&formatversion=2 [try in ApiSandbox]