Is It Possible to Make Edits Require Approval? | Miraheze | Page 1

mental ridge Jul 28, 2024, 9:20 PM

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https://btd.miraheze.org/

Our wiki has an issue with a lot of spammers and griefers. I would like to change it so that anyone can edit but all posts require an approval from authorized users/groups.
Currently we just have editing turned off for anyone that's not specifically allowed, which leads to our wiki not really being a wiki (ie a community of people editing).
Is this possible within Miraheze? I cannot seem to figure it out.

mortal gust Jul 28, 2024, 9:21 PM

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mental ridge <https://btd.miraheze.org/> Our wiki has an issue with a lot of spammers and gr...

You can enable the Moderation extension

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[[mh:btd:Special:ManageWiki/extensions]]

rotund inletBOT Jul 28, 2024, 9:21 PM

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https://btd.miraheze.org/wiki/Special:ManageWiki/extensions

wet basalt Jul 28, 2024, 9:21 PM

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or ApprovedRevs

mental ridge Jul 28, 2024, 9:22 PM

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This?

mortal gust Jul 28, 2024, 9:22 PM

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mental ridge This?

Yup!

mental ridge Jul 28, 2024, 9:23 PM

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It specifies "by a new user", so someone could edit something "correctly" once, and then grief afterwards?

mortal gust Jul 28, 2024, 9:23 PM

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mental ridge It specifies "by a new user", so someone could edit something "correctly" once, ...

That is not the case.

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The extension provides a user group that is exempt from review

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I assume it can be set up to be granted to users who make x edits similarly to autoconfirmed if you wish

raw grotto Jul 28, 2024, 9:25 PM

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yes, with the automoderated permission, which you can fully control the behavior

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I'd recommend adding it to autoconfirmed & confirmed, possibly tweaking ac's requirements if desired; by default you must be registered 4 days and have 10 edits to reach it

mental ridge Jul 28, 2024, 9:54 PM

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I thought I've set it to allow (everyone) to edit, but I logged into my second testing account and cannot edit anything.

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This page has been protected to prevent editing or other actions.```Ah, perhaps I need to figure this out first.

mortal gust Jul 28, 2024, 10:01 PM

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mental ridge ```You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: This ...

Protection is separate

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It’s a per page restriction on editing

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Either to admins or autoconfirmed

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Useful for important templates, controversial vandal magnets, main page

mental ridge Jul 28, 2024, 10:02 PM

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Yeah, I got lost with what y’all were saying before lol (still really new to this), but realized about the protection thing. Is there anyway to mass unprotect?

mortal gust Jul 28, 2024, 10:03 PM

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Uuuh, in theory maybe?

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Not that I can think of in the software

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With external tools

raw grotto Jul 28, 2024, 10:03 PM

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heh, there's a mod I should probably try

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I'll have to look later, hm

mental ridge Jul 28, 2024, 10:20 PM

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Thank y'all btw. Got everything unprotected, tested editing on my alt, and it goes into the pending reviews. So all seems working.

Cheers! 🍻

raw grotto Jul 28, 2024, 10:25 PM

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excellent 👍

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what was the protect trouble?

mental ridge Jul 28, 2024, 10:25 PM

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Another moderator had protected them because we had such rampant vandalism and hadn't setup any of this moderation / pending review stuff.

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But that just led to a couple of us being stuck editing everything, which defeats the point of a wiki!

#Is It Possible to Make Edits Require Approval?