Extension:SecurePoll
| SecurePoll Release status: stable |
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| Implementation | Special page | ||
| Description | Allows for elections, polls and surveys | ||
| Author(s) | Tim Starlingtalk | ||
| Compatibility policy | master | ||
| MediaWiki | 1.25+ | ||
| Database changes | Yes | ||
| License | GNU General Public License 2.0 or later | ||
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| Check usage and version matrix. | |||
| Issues | Open tasks · Report a bug | ||
The SecurePoll extension is a special page extension for elections, polls and surveys. It is used for Wikimedia Foundation Board elections and arbitration committee elections, and was used for the Wikimedia license transition vote among other things.
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Installation[edit]
- Download and place the file(s) in a directory called
SecurePollin yourextensions/folder.
- Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php:
wfLoadExtension( 'SecurePoll' );
- Run the update script which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.
To users running MediaWiki 1.24 or earlier:
The instructions above describe the new way of installing this extension using wfLoadExtension() If you need to install this extension on these earlier versions (MediaWiki 1.24 and earlier), instead of wfLoadExtension( 'SecurePoll' );, you need to use:
require_once "$IP/extensions/SecurePoll/SecurePoll.php";
You will also need to assign the new 'securepoll-create-poll' user right to some user group. To assign this right to administrators, add the following to your LocalSettings.php:
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['securepoll-create-poll'] = true;
Usage[edit]
There are two ways to create a new poll: manually create an XML file and import it, or use the poll creation interface at Special:SecurePoll.
To create a poll manually, it is required to:
- write an XML file
- import it using the import.php command-line interface command
In the test folder you can find four example files:
- 3way-test.xml
- approval-test.xml
- radio-range.xml
- schulze-test.xml
To import a poll, run the following from the cli folder:
extensions/SecurePoll/cli$ php import.php ../test/3way-test.xml
Now visit Special:SecurePoll and you will see your poll.
| This extension is being used on one or more Wikimedia projects. This probably means that the extension is stable and works well enough to be used by such high-traffic websites. Look for this extension's name in Wikimedia's CommonSettings.php and InitialiseSettings.php configuration files to see where it's installed. A full list of the extensions installed on a particular wiki can be seen on the wiki's Special:Version page. |
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