Jason Spirko wrote:
I thought the new version of MediaWiki provides namespace protection which is supposed to define who is able to edit a namespace. Am I just misunderstanding the purpose of this?
You're right, i missed it. Jsut change what i called $wgPrivateNamespaces by $wgNamespaceProtection.
For restricting read you still need an extension.
In regards to the code below, should I be able to make a separate PHP file and call it from LocalSettings.php?
Sure. It ended up being much longer than what i expected.