Extension:LockAuthor

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<translate> This extension is professionally maintained by the WikiTeq team.</translate>

<translate> WikiTeq provides official support for [[<tvar name=1>Special:MyLanguage/Version lifecycle</tvar>|MediaWiki LTS releases only]].</translate> <translate> It may work with other MediaWiki releases.</translate>

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File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg 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
Download	<translate> Download extension</translate> <translate> Git</translate> [?]: <translate> Download Git master</translate> <translate> browse repository</translate> (Phabricator · GitHub) <translate> commit history</translate> <translate> repository contributors (GitHub)</translate> <translate> code review</translate> README
Parameters $wgLockAuthorExcludedNamespaces $wgLockAuthorActions
Added rights editall
Hooks used getUserPermissionsErrors
Quarterly downloads
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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

• <translate> [[<tvar name=2>Special:ExtensionDistributor/LockAuthor</tvar>|Download]] and move the extracted <tvar name=name>LockAuthor</tvar> folder to your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> directory.</translate>
  <translate> Developers and code contributors should install the extension [[<tvar name=git>Special:MyLanguage/Download from Git</tvar>|from Git]] instead, using:</translate>cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/LockAuthor
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'LockAuthor' );
  

• Configure as required
• File:OOjs UI icon check-constructive.svg <translate> Done</translate> – <translate> Navigate to <tvar name=special>Special:Version</tvar> on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.</translate>

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