Extension:NewUserActions

The extension is still a work in progress.

MediaWiki extensions manual

NewUserActions Release status: experimental
Implementation	User activity , Hook
Description	Run actions when a user is newly created.
Author(s)	Sébastien Santoro (Derecksontalk)
MediaWiki	1.23+
PHP	5.4+
Database changes	No
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Parameters $wgNewUserActionsSuppressRC $wgNewUserActionsCreateUserPage $wgNewUserActionsOnAutoCreate $wgNewUserActionsMinorEdit
Hooks used AddNewAccount LocalUserCreated UserGetReservedNames
Quarterly downloads	0
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The NewUserActions extension executes configurable actions when a new wiki account is created. It has been inspired by Extension:NewUserMessage .

Actions available

Create user page

This action allow to create a user page, following a specific template. This can for example be used to offer a generic starting template for user pages.

Installation

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

  wfLoadExtension( 'NewUserActions' );
  

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

Configuration

Global variables

There are some global variables which affect the operation of the extension. These should be set in your LocalSettings.php file.

Variable	Default value	Meaning
$wgNewUserActionsSuppressRC	false	Specify whether or not the new actions should show up in recent changes. If set to true, those edits won't be displayed even if "show bot edits" is selected on RecentChanges or Watchlist.
$wgNewUserActionsMinorEdit	true	Should the actions edit will be marked as minor.
$wgNewUserActionsOnAutoCreate	false	Should auto creation (CentralAuth) trigger the actions?
$wgNewUserActionsCreateUserPage	false	If true, create a new user page.

In-wiki configuration

One of the goal of the extension is to improve flexibility. As such, some parameters are configurable on wiki.

Other settings of the extension can be made in the MediaWiki: namespace.

Page title	Default value	Meaning
MediaWiki:Newuseractions-userpage-template	Template:New user page	Specify a template to use as default new user page.
MediaWiki:Newuseractions-userpage-summary	Initial content from [[Template:New user page]].	Edit summary for the recent changes entry of a new users message. Always in content language.
MediaWiki:Newuseractions-editor	New user actions	Set the username of the user that makes the edits. If this user does not exist, "MediaWiki default" will show up as editing user. The user set here is marked as reserved and won't be able to login.