[Mediawiki-l] Limit editing to original author

[Rob Church]

On 03/05/06, Erin Spiceland <erin at spiceland.org> wrote:
> Hi! I tried searching the archives for this, but the description of my
> problem has such general terms that I got literally thousands of hits,
> and couldn't hope to search for them all.  As such, I apologize if this
> question has been addressed before!
>
> I am looking for a mod or plugin that would allow only the original
> author of an article to edit said article.  If this hasn't been done or
> isn't possible, then I'd be interested in a way to lock all articles
> upon the initial submission.
>
> Do any of you know of such a functionality, either which already exists
> in mediawiki, or which exists in the form of a mod or plugin?

It's possible such an extension exists, but offhand, I don't know
where. However, it shouldn't be too hard to write from scratch,
either. Have a look at the userCan hook in 1.6 and 1.7alpha.


Rob Church