Extension:Sanctions

MediaWiki extensions manual

File:OOjs UI icon advanced-invert.svg Sanctions Release status: stable
File:Extension-Sanctions.png
Implementation	User activity , Special page
Description	Offers a convenient and semi-automatic way to handle sanctions.
Author(s)	Femiwiki Team
Latest version	1.2.3
Compatibility policy	Snapshots releases along with MediaWiki. Master is not backward compatible.
MediaWiki	1.34+
Database changes	Yes
Composer	femiwiki/sanctions
Tables	sanctions sanctions_vote
License	GNU Affero General Public License 3.0 or later
Download	GitHub: <translate> project page</translate> <translate> git repository URL</translate> [<translate> help</translate> ] <translate> commit history</translate> CHANGELOG
Hooks used LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates AbortEmailNotification BeforeEchoEventInsert BeforeCreateEchoEvent EmailConfirmed ResourceLoaderGetConfigVars UserToolLinksEdit DiffTools HistoryTools SidebarBeforeOutput ContributionsToolLinks FlowAddModules
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The Sanctions extension adds special page Special:Sanctions and let users handle sanctions against spammers, for instance. This extension assumes it could be used in a wiki without administrators and/or sysop.

Installation

Sanctions requires the Echo extension, the Renameuser extension and the StructuredDiscussions extension be installed as a prerequisite.

• <translate> Download and place the file(s) in a directory called <tvar name=name>Sanctions</tvar> in your <tvar name=ext>extensions/</tvar> folder.</translate>
• <translate> Add the following code at the bottom of your <tvar name=1>LocalSettings.php </tvar> file:</translate>

  wfLoadExtension( 'Sanctions' );
  

• <translate> Run the [[<tvar name=update>Special:MyLanguage/Manual:Update.php</tvar>|update script]] which will automatically create the necessary database tables that this extension needs.</translate>
• 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

These messages below are configurations of the extension. The extension uses system messages instead of configuration variables defined on the server's LocalSettings.php to prepare in case the server operator is missing in action.

• Mediawiki:Sanctions-discussion-page-name - The page name for proposing sanctions. By default, Project Talk:Sanctions.
• Mediawiki:Sanctions-voting-period - Voting period for sanction proposals. Default 3 (days).
• Mediawiki:Sanctions-max-block-period‎ - Maximum days for block expiration. Default 30 (days).
• Mediawiki:Sanctions-voting-right-verification-period - Minimum requirement for voters to participate in sanction process - "X days past registration, Y edits within last X days, no sanction logs for last X days" - this value represents X. Default 20.
• Mediawiki:Sanctions-voting-right-verification-edits - Minimum requirement for voters to participate in sanction process - "X days past registration, Y edits within last X days, no sanction logs for last X days" - this value represents Y. Default 3.
• Mediawiki:sanctions-autoblock - Whether or not to enable autoblock when blocking. 1 for autoblock on and 0 for autoblock off. Default 1.

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This extension was originally made for Femiwiki.