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15.06.2007

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I could not figure out how this stuff works or even what a namespace is good for :-|
There is a function getNamespaces() available with that you could possibly do clever things.
If you had a good reference let me know.

27.09.2006 RS: Meanwhile I could find a usage for hide some specific pages from the public. I could add a minor if clause into includes/OutputPage.php to show specific pages only to logged in users. See at the bottom of this page.
--reto

Add your own custom namespace
Edit includes/DefaultSettings.php
/** Which namespaces should support subpages?
 * See Language.php for a list of namespaces.
 */
$wgNamespacesWithSubpages = array(
        NS_TALK           => true,
        NS_USER           => true,
        NS_USER_TALK      => true,
        NS_PROJECT_TALK   => true,
        NS_IMAGE_TALK     => true,
        NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK => true,
        NS_TEMPLATE_TALK  => true,
        NS_HELP_TALK      => true,
        NS_CATEGORY_TALK  => true,
	NS_FOOBAR         => true
 );

$wgNamespacesToBeSearchedDefault = array(
        NS_MAIN           => true,
);
→ files/defaultsettings 1 7 1 patch.txt
Edit languages/Language.php
/* private */ $wgNamespaceNamesEn = array(
        NS_MEDIA            => 'Media',
        NS_SPECIAL          => 'Special',
        NS_MAIN             => '',
        NS_TALK             => 'Talk',
        NS_USER             => 'User',
        NS_USER_TALK        => 'User_talk',
        NS_PROJECT          => $wgMetaNamespace,
        NS_PROJECT_TALK     => $wgMetaNamespace . '_talk',
        NS_IMAGE            => 'Image',
        NS_IMAGE_TALK       => 'Image_talk',
        NS_MEDIAWIKI        => 'MediaWiki',
        NS_MEDIAWIKI_TALK   => 'MediaWiki_talk',
        NS_TEMPLATE         => 'Template',
        NS_TEMPLATE_TALK    => 'Template_talk',
        NS_HELP             => 'Help',
        NS_HELP_TALK        => 'Help_talk',
        NS_CATEGORY         => 'Category',
        NS_CATEGORY_TALK    => 'Category_talk',
        NS_FOOBAR           => 'Foo_bar',
);
vi includes/Defines.php
Number 100 and beyond are reserved for custom namespaces;
DO NOT assign standard namespaces at 100 or beyond.
DO NOT Change integer values as they are most probably hardcoded everywhere
...
define('NS_FOOBAR', 16);
Try → meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_namespace↑

Hide specific pages from users not logged in
00000480: function output()
[root@quartus includes]# diff OutputPage.php bak/OutputPage_orig.php
485,494d484
<               # -- XX:
<               global $wgTitle, $wgTitle;
<               if ($wgTitle->getNamespace() == 16 && $wgUser->getID() == 0) {
<                       header( 'Location: ' .
<                               "../index.php?title=Special:Userlogin&returnto=" .
<                               $this->getPageTitle() );
<                       return;
<               }
<               # -- /XX
<
A related error message might be nicer than to rediret to the login page. At least, you will have a link to return to the wanted page. Maybe it would work smth with this:

OutputPage.php: $this->fatalError( wfMsg( 'filecopyerror', $old, $new ) );

Please let me know if you had a recipe. --reto

See also:

meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki_namespace↑

Know-how: MediaWiki Namespaces - Reference
Namespaces: Hide or protect specific pages from not logged in users.
infocopter.com/know-how/mediawiki-reference/namespaces.html

Know-how: Mediawiki Skin How to - Reference
How to create / customize skins
blog.var.cc/docs/Mediawiki_Skin_Howto.html

Know-how: MediaWiki - Reference
Namespaces
simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:MediaWiki_namespace