Extension:LockAuthor

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LockAuthor Release status: stable
Implementation	User rights
Description	Prevents users from editing pages they haven't created
Author(s)	Vedmakatalk
Maintainer(s)	WikiTeq team
Latest version	1.0
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.35, 1.39
PHP	7.1+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters $wgLockAuthorExcludedNamespaces $wgLockAuthorActions
Hooks used getUserPermissionsErrors
Quarterly downloads	4 (Ranked 164th)
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LockAuthor is a MediaWiki extension that prevents users from editing pages they have not created.

It does not itself allow users to edit pages that they have created; for that, you will have to make sure the standard "edit" right is correctly set.

This extension is a drop-in replacement for the EditOwn extension, which was archived in 2018.

This extension was created for WikiWorks.

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called LockAuthor in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php :

  wfLoadExtension( 'LockAuthor' );
  

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

Configuration

• $wgLockAuthorExcludedNamespaces - array of namespaces to be excluded from checks
• $wgLockAuthorActions - array of actions to be checked (Default: [ 'edit', 'create' ])

Rights:

• editall - grant this right to a group to allow bypassing extension's restrictions

Example setup

# Prevent anonymous editing
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createpage'] = false;

# Allow regular users to edit pages
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['edit'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['user']['createpage'] = true;

wfLoadExtension( 'LockAuthor' );
// LockAuthor will limit users edit right only to pages created by them

# Allow sysop to edit all pages
$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['editall'] = true;

See also

• Extension:AuthorProtect

This extension is professionally maintained by the WikiTeq team.