[Mediawiki-l] Can I make the "no text" page the default?

[clausvb.wikipedia at mailnull.com]

> I would like to setup my wiki so that when I click on a page that is
> blank I get the "There is currently no text in this page. You can
> search for this page title in other pages, search the related logs, 
> or edit this page." message instead of the edit box. Can this be
> done?

Yes, you can.

For guest users it is quite simple editing "LocalSettings.php":
---
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;
---

That means: Guest users cannot edit anymore and the edit page is disabled. It might be more tricky if you want to do it for every user.

Best regards,
Claus

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