[Mediawiki-l] Setting user preferences at global level

[Platonides]

Jack Eapen C wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Our wiki is running over the intranet. Authentication is done via LDAp plugin.
> How can we set the preferences for all users at one go- like "Add pages I create to my watchlist", "Email me when pages in my watchlist changes", etc. to true for all users at one go?

You can set $wgDefaultUserOptions to the preferences you want. These 
will apply only for new users (and anons).
Of course, then your users may want to change them for something which 
fits better for them.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:$wgDefaultUserOptions