Help:Community Configuration

Community Configuration

How to use it

MediaWiki extension

Project purpose

The Growth team works on Community Configuration to help communities customize and scale features, to match their needs.

You can access the configuration page by visiting Special:CommunityConfiguration locally, where available.

You can share your questions and your feedback regarding this project on the project's talk page, in any language.

Deployment

At the moment, Community Configuration is available at all Wikipedias.

Growth team features were configured at Special:EditGrowthConfig. This URL is now a redirect to Community Configuration

Configure the features

Who can edit the configuration

Anyone with the right to edit the interface can edit the local configuration. Any other user can read the configuration. We advise community members to define the configuration after consulting their community. Wikimedia Foundation teams that provide features can be contacted to provide advice on the configuration.

How configuration works

The Community Configuration page is a form. That form edits the actual configuration files. These configuration files are JSON files, stored locally.

It is possible to edit the JSON files directly, the changes will be reflected on the Community Configuration form.

Like for any other page on wiki, each configuration has a history page. This history page is the JSON file history.

Available configurations

The following features can be configured. Some of them might not be available at your wiki.

Feature details	Feature description	JSON file	Maintained by	Availablility
Help panel	Customize Help panel settings to align with your community's requirements and define resources within it to assist and guide new editors.	MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsHelpPanel.json	Growth team	All Wikipedias
Mentorship	Customize mentorship settings and eligibility, while adjusting edit minimums and timeframes for mentors and praise-worthy mentees.	MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsMentorship.json	Growth team	All Wikipedias
Newcomer onboarding	Personalize onboarding for new account holders via post-registration help and Leveling up notifications.	MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsHomepage.json	Growth team	All Wikipedias
Suggested edits	Customize the newcomer homepage's Suggested edits feature.	MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsSuggestedEdits.json	Growth team	All Wikipedias

Troubleshooting

Moving or deleting a JSON file used to configure a given feature will not block or remove the feature. Default settings will still apply. If you encounter a problem with a feature, please contact the team that maintains the feature.

FAQ

Where can I translate Community Configuration's interface?

Interface translation is located at Translatewiki.net. A new account and onboarding will be required at this wiki.

I translated the entire Community Configuration interface but some sentences are not translated. Why?

Translations are separated into two: the Community Configuration interface itself and the extension that is offered for configuration. This means translating two different sets of sentences.

Notes

Note: When you edit this page, you agree to release your contribution under the CC0. See Public Domain Help Pages for more info.