Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:05:36 UTC
Gentlemen, nowhere in the myriad DefaultSettings can one find a way to stop all users from accidentally creating categories pages (however linking new [[Category:Whatever]] is encouraged.) I.e., don't have action=edit stuck on the end of links to namespace=14 pages, or add action=view as the default. My site has thousands of purposely "empty" category pages. Please see http://radioscanningtw.jidanni.org/index.php?title=Project:English#Empty_categories [Perhaps merge with 7347, whose status I'm not sure of here offline (costly infrequent mostly batched connection to the Internet) with my LWP bug submitter script. "But a bug worthy of refreshing anyway".]
Created attachment 2683 [details] Hack implements request Such a setting does not exist, however, a quick hack can be applied which causes category links to become blue at all times. In fact, Tim Starling did this once, although we ultimately reverted it owing to a flood of angry users. The attached patch should sort you out.
Re: Brion's WONTFIX... ...whoops, forgot to mark WORKSFORME (existence of a simple hack/workaround) :)
Yes, the patch (as of 11/12 GMT, the copy of this bug I am replying to) indeed makes links blue, but not on e.g., Special:Categories. Also I am hoping for a variable in LocalSettings.php, not a patch that I will forget about tomorrow and which will get overwritten on the next Debian package upgrade.
Don't use a Debian package to install and maintain MediaWiki, it only ends in tears.
For the record, here's my ultimate category clampdown, for wikis who want all categories empty of text, but with members. See http://jidanni.org/comp/wiki/article-category.html >$wgNamespaceProtection[NS_CATEGORY]=$wgNamespaceProtection[NS_CATEGORY_TALK]=array('editinterface'); >function JidanniBlueLinkCategoryPages($linker,$target,&$text,&$customAttribs,&$query,&$options){ > switch($target->mNamespace){case NS_CATEGORY:case NS_CATEGORY_TALK:$options[0]='known';}return true;} >$wgHooks['LinkBegin'][]='JidanniBlueLinkCategoryPages'; >function JidanniDontInviteEdit(&$article,&$outputDone){if($article->getID()===0){ > switch($article->mTitle->getNamespace()){case NS_CATEGORY:case NS_CATEGORY_TALK:$outputDone=true;}}return true;} >$wgHooks['ArticleViewHeader'][]='JidanniDontInviteEdit';# Bug 17630 >function JidanniLessRedContentActions($sktemplate,$content_actions){ > if('new'==$content_actions['talk']['class']&&!$sktemplate->mTitle->quickUserCan('createtalk')){ > unset($content_actions['talk']); unset($content_actions['watch']);} > if('selected new'==$content_actions['nstab-category']['class']){ > $content_actions['nstab-category']['class']='selected';} > return true;} >$wgHooks['SkinTemplateTabs'][]='JidanniLessRedContentActions';# Bug 17963
