Help:Community configuration
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Project purpose[edit]
The Growth team works on Community Configuration to help communities customize and scale features, to match their needs.
You can access the configuration page by visiting Special:CommunityConfiguration locally, where available.
You can share your questions and your feedback regarding this project on the project's talk page, in any language.
Deployment[edit]
At the moment, Community configuration is available at the following wikis: Spanish Beta Wikipedia.
Note: at the moment, Growth team features can be community configured at Special:EditGrowthConfig.
Configure the features[edit]
Who can edit the configuration[edit]
The following users can edit the local configuration: Administrators, Interface Administrators, Stewards, Global Interface Administrators. Any other user can read the configuration.
We advise community members to define the configuration after consulting their community. Wikimedia Foundation teams that provide features can be contacted to provide advice on the configuration.
How configuration works[edit]
The Community Configuration page is a form. That form edits the actual configuration files. These configuration files are JSON files, stored locally.
It is possible to edit the JSON files directly, the changes will be reflected on the Community Configuration form.
Like for any other page on wiki, each configuration has a history page. This history page is the JSON file history.
Available configurations[edit]
The following features can be configured. Some of them might not be available at your wiki.
| Feature details | Feature description | JSON file | Maintained by | Availablility |
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| Help panel | Customize Help panel settings to align with your community's requirements and define resources within it to assist and guide new editors. | MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsHelpPanel.json
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Growth team | All wikis |
| Mentorship | Customize mentorship settings and eligibility, while adjusting edit minimums and timeframes for mentors and praise-worthy mentees. | MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsMentorship.json
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Growth team | All wikis |
| Newcomer Homepage | Define what are the Help links that you want new editors to go through. | MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsHomepage.json
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Growth team | All wikis |
| Suggested edits | Customize the newcomer homepage's Suggested edits feature. | MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsSuggestedEdits.json
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Growth team | All wikis |
Troubleshooting[edit]
Moving or deleting a JSON file used to configure a given feature will not block or remove the feature. Default settings will still apply. If you encounter a problem with a feature, please contact the team that maintains the feature.
FAQ[edit]
- Where can I translate Community Configuration's interface?
- Interface translation is located at Translatewiki.net. A new account and onboarding will be required.
- I translated the entire Community Configuration interface but some sentences are not translated. Why?
- Translations are separated into two: the Community Configuration interface itself, but also the feature available for configuration.
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