Manual:$wgWhitelistEdit

<translate> This feature was removed completely in version <tvar name=ver>1.5.0</tvar>.</translate>

<translate> User rights, access control and monitoring</translate>: $wgWhitelistEdit
If true, users must login to edit.
<translate> Introduced in version:</translate>	1.1.0
<translate> Removed in version:</translate>	1.5.0
<translate> Allowed values:</translate>	(boolean)
<translate> Default value:</translate>	`false`
<translate> Other settings:</translate> <translate> Alphabetical</translate> \| <translate> By function</translate>

Details

If true, users must login to edit.

It's not 100% safe, there could be a security hole using that one. Use at your own risks.

This setting was deprecated in version 1.5.0, and replaced by $wgGroupPermissions , specifically the 'edit' permission.

To emulate the old effect of setting:

   $wgWhitelistEdit = true;

set:

   $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;

If $wgWhitelistRead is set, you must also disable the 'read' permission for it to take effect on anonymous users:

   $wgWhitelistRead = array( "Main Page", "Special:Userlogin" );
   $wgGroupPermissions['*']['read'] = false;