MediaWiki extensions manual

PollNY Release status: stableCategory:Stable extensions
Implementation	Special page Category:Special page extensions
Description	Advanced polling system that uses special pages and allows embedding polls to wiki pages
Author(s)	Aaron Wright, David Pean, Jack Phoenix
Latest version	3.8.0
MediaWiki	1.43+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes	Yes
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Help	Help:Extension:PollNY
Parameters $wgCreatePollThresholds $wgPollDisplay
Added rights pollny-vote polladmin
Hooks used APIGetAllowedParams Category:APIGetAllowedParams extensions ApiCheckCanExecute Category:ApiCheckCanExecute extensions ArticleDelete Category:ArticleDelete extensions ArticleFromTitle Category:ArticleFromTitle extensions LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates Category:LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates extensions PageMoveComplete Category:PageMoveComplete extensions ParserFirstCallInit Category:ParserFirstCallInit extensions ParserLimitReportPrepare Category:ParserLimitReportPrepare extensions
Quarterly downloads	1 (Ranked 94th)
Translate the PollNY extension if it is available at translatewiki.net
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

The PollNY extension defines a new namespace for polls (NS_POLL, the namespace number is 300 by default) and 6 new special pages for poll creation/administration.

Polls can be embedded on normal wiki pages with the ‎<pollembed> tag. Syntax is: <pollembed title="Name of the poll" />

Special:AdminPoll can be used by users with 'polladmin' rights to view all polls and administer them, Special:CreatePoll is used to create new polls, Special:RandomPoll takes you to a randomly chosen poll, Special:UpdatePoll is like action=edit for polls and Special:ViewPoll can be used by all users to view available polls.

These new special pages (except for Special:UpdatePoll) will show up on Special:SpecialPages in the "Polls" section.

See Help:Extension:PollNY for more information on how to use this extension.

Dependencies

• Extension:SocialProfile

• New database tables: poll_choice, poll_question and poll_user_vote

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'PollNY' );
  

• 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.

User rights

This extension adds one new user right, polladmin, which allows accessing Special:AdminPoll to administer polls created through Special:CreatePoll. By default sysops have this user right.

User points

• $wgUserStatsPointValues['poll_vote'] — set this to something to give out points for answering existing polls.

Parameters

• $wgPollDisplay['comments'] — whether to display comments on poll pages or not. Defaults to false. Requires Comments extension.
• $wgCreatePollThresholds — for example 'edits' => 5 if you want to require users to have at least 5 edits before they can create new polls. Defaults to an empty array (no restrictions).

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: Miraheze Category:Extensions included in Miraheze MyWikisCategory:Extensions included in MyWikis WikiForgeCategory:Extensions included in WikiForge This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.