Extension:ArticleStatus

Screenshot of extension ArticleRatings, that is a similar extension.

ArticleStatus is an extension that enables assigning the article status into database instead of a template. This extension is meant to replace "good" (used in 18,712 articles) and "featured" (used in 4,085 articles + 2,524 lists) status templates used in wikicode. The extension should have customizable statuses (the number of statuses + the local names in a project) and assigning statuses (rating) should be available to administrators and assignable to specific users. The code is based on Extension:ArticleRatings and Extension:FlaggedRevs. Preferably, the extension would have some internal categorization method, so that the extension could generate lists that are separated into different topics. An article can be assigned only one status -- thus, only one status can be chosen at a time.

Settings

First, the statuses of the project have to be set. The higher the number, the higher the status is considered.

$wgArticleStatusTags = array( 'good' => 1, 'featured' => 2, );

In this example, if the article is not 'good' or 'featured', it is considered to have no status.

There can be for example 1-4 statuses (the amount is not limited, but the lowest is a single status).

$wgArticleStatusTags = array( 'okay' => 1, 'good' => 2, 'excellent' => 3, 'featured' => 4, );

In this example, if the article is not any of those four, it is considered to have no status.

Configuration

User rights and user groups

By default, nobody can rate anything, so the first step is to set up user rights.

User rights

ArticleStatus creates the following new user right:

• rate – user can rate articles

How to assign user rights

User rights can be assigned in two ways:

• Assigning rights to user groups

Assign these user rights to existing user groups in LocalSettings.php:

$wgGroupPermissions['sysop']['rate'] = true; //allow administrators to rate articles

• Assigning rights to specific users

Manually add user accounts to the appropriate groups via Special:UserRights.