Extension:ArticleCreationWorkflow

MediaWiki extensions manual

ArticleCreationWorkflow Release status: stable
Implementation	User interface
Description	Helps users create new pages.
Author(s)	Max Semenik Niharika Kohli
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.30+
License	MIT License
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Parameters $wgArticleCreationLandingPage
Added rights createpagemainns
Hooks used BeforeDisplayNoArticleText GetActionName TitleQuickPermissions
Quarterly downloads	15 (Ranked 124th)
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ArticleCreationWorkflow helps users create new pages, intercepting article creation for new users and giving them wiki-configurable options such as using the Article wizard or creating a draft as a user subpage.

Installation

• Download and move the extracted ArticleCreationWorkflow 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/ArticleCreationWorkflow
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'ArticleCreationWorkflow' );
  

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

Vagrant installation:

• If using Vagrant , install with vagrant roles enable articlecreationworkflow --provision

Required configuration

In order for users to be intercepted, they must have the createpage right, must not have the createinmainns right, the page they are trying to create must be in the main namespace (and not yet exist) and the page pointed to by $wgArticleCreationLandingPage must exist.

For example, to intercept page creation for unregistered and non-autoconfirmed users (refer to Manual:User rights for more options):

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpagemainns'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['createpagemainns'] = false;

The default value of $wgArticleCreationLandingPage is "Project:Article wizard". This page must be created to intercept page creation for these users.

Configuration settings

• $wgArticleCreationLandingPage (string): the name of the wiki page to which users should be redirected if intercepted.
• $wgUseCustomLandingPageStyles (bool): Whether to load custom CSS for the landing page.

User right

The extension adds a new user right called createpagemainns which permits users to create new pages in the main namespace. This right is given by default to all users. Users without this right are prohibited from creating main namespace pages, and when they attempt to (by clicking on a red link, for example) they're redirected to the Article Creation Workflow landing page.