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CommunityConfiguration
Release status: beta
Implementation Special page
Author(s) Martin Urbanec, Sergio Gimeno, Cynthia Simiyu, Michael Große
MediaWiki >= 1.43.0
License GNU General Public License 3.0 or later
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  • $wgCommunityConfigurationEditorCapabilities
  • $wgCommunityConfigurationFeedbackURL
  • $wgCommunityConfigurationProviderClasses
  • $wgCommunityConfigurationProviders
  • $wgCommunityConfigurationCommonsApiURL
  • $wgCommunityConfigurationValidators
  • $wgCommunityConfigurationStores
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The CommunityConfiguration extension provides a mechanism for communities to configure the exposed settings from extensions installed in a wiki.

Current status is under development. See more information about the project in Community configuration 2.0.

Installation

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  • Download and move the extracted CommunityConfiguration 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/CommunityConfiguration
  • Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
    wfLoadExtension( 'CommunityConfiguration' );
    
  • Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Glossary

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The following terms are used across technical documentation and Phabricator issues. However they are not definitive and subject to change.

  • Configuration page: A place to store the configuration in; as of now, it is a JSON page in the MediaWiki namespace
  • Schema: Defines what variables can be present in a configuration page and the format of the variables
  • Editing form: An HTML form that allows to modify the configuration of a registered provider
  • Configuration provider: Consists of a configuration page and matching schema.
  • Server setting: A setting in LocalSettings.php (InitialiseSettings.php or another configuration file on Wikimedia wikis) that is available through MediaWiki core config interface. On Wikimedia wikis, the community needs to request a change via the Requesting wiki configuration changes process, and updating requires Gerrit credentials and a deployment of a production configuration change. Some configuration must be available early in HTTP the request, and that configuration must be a server setting.
  • Overridable server setting: A setting in LocalSettings.php that is available through standard MediaWiki config interfaces and also defined in a CommunityConfiguration providers (tbd: link to providers section), usually stored in a wiki JSON page. The option can be changed on-wiki by administrators, bureaucrats, stewards, etc. Consumers of CommunityConfiguration services will get the on-wiki option, consumers of MediaWiki core config interfaces will get the server option.
  • On-wiki option: A setting only defined in a CommunityConfiguration provider, only available through CommunityConfiguration services, usually stored in a wiki JSON page. It can be changed on-wiki by administrators, bureaucrats, stewards, etc.

Configuration parameters

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Configuration settings in extension.json
parameter default comment
$wgCommunityConfigurationFeedbackURL null The URL to use for link to a page where feedback can be left
$wgCommunityConfigurationProviders {} The list of provider specifications the extension will use. Specified as a mapping of provider name to provider specification. Additional provider types can be defined in CommunityConfigurationProviderClasses. Extensions can register their own providers through extension.json attribute "CommunityConfiguration/Providers"

See also

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