Extension:AuthorProtect

MediaWiki extensions manual

AuthorProtect Release status: stable
Implementation	User rights , Page action
Description	Allows the author of a page to protect it from other users
Author(s)	Ryan Schmidt (Skizzerztalk)
Latest version	1.4.0 (2017-11-25)
MediaWiki	1.29+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub) Gerrit code review Git commit log Download source tarball
Parameters $wgRestrictionLevels
Added rights author authorprotect
Hooks used SkinTemplateNavigation::Universal UserGetRights
Quarterly downloads	1 (Ranked 116th)
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The AuthorProtect extension allows page authors to protect pages from non-authors on a page-by-page basis. Authors with the 'authorprotect' permission will gain a protect tab on pages that gives them (author) access to this interface. Because logs and anonymous users don't mix very well (as with the fact that all anonymous users share the same user id), anonymous users are unable to use this extension regardless of if they have the 'authorprotect' right or not.

Do not assign the author right via GroupPermissions (except to those who you want to be able to edit author-protected pages)! This right is automatically assigned to the author of the page. Assigning this right via $wgGroupPermissions gives that group the ability to edit all author-protected pages, regardless of if they are the author of the page or not (by default user group administrators have this right).

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'AuthorProtect' );
  

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

See also

• Extension:LockAuthor
• Extension:UserPageEditProtection