Extension:NoBogusUserpages

Category:Unmaintained extensions#NoBogusUserpages Category:Extensions without an imageCategory:Extensions without a compatibility policyCategory:GPL licensed extensions
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NoBogusUserpages
Release status: unmaintainedCategory:Unmaintained extensions
Implementation User rights Category:User rights extensions
Description Allows only privileged users to create userpages for non-existent users.
Author(s) Daniel Friesen (Dantmantalk)
Latest version 1.1.1 (2017-01-27)
MediaWiki 1.25+Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version
Database changes No
License GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control
Quarterly downloads 0
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The NoBogusUserpages extension implements a restriction that allows only privileged users to create userpages for non-existent users. With this extension installed, new page creation at the root level of the User: namespace is blocked unless the creator's username is the same as the desired page name or the user has been assigned the createbogususerpage right (see user rights below for how to do that). Without this extension, anyone with the right to create pages in the user namespace can create bogus pages for users who do not exist on the wiki.

Installation

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

User rights

createbogususerpage

Allows users to create bogus userpages. By default this is given just to sysops.

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createbogususerpage'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['createbogususerpage'] = true;


Category:Extensions migrated from Wiki-Tools#NoBogusUserpages Category:Spam management extensions
Category:All extensions Category:Extensions in Wikimedia version control Category:Extensions migrated from Wiki-Tools Category:Extensions which add rights Category:Extensions with manual MediaWiki version Category:Extensions without a compatibility policy Category:Extensions without an image Category:GPL licensed extensions Category:GetUserPermissionsErrors extensions Category:Spam management extensions Category:Unmaintained extensions Category:User rights extensions