Extension:CloseWikis

The CloseWikis extension that allows stewards to close and reopen wikis via a special page called "Special:CloseWiki".

• Download and move the extracted CloseWikis folder to your extensions/ directory.
  Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:

  cdextensions/
  gitclonehttps://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/CloseWikis
  

• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'CloseWikis' );
  $wgCloseWikisDatabase = "closewikis";
  

• Run closewikis.sql to populate it with the correct table(s)
• Yes Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

$wgCloseWikisDatabase

This is the database that is shared among your wiki farm.

To add a wiki to the list of wikis, use $wgLocalDatabases to define the wikis' databases. The name of the database should appear in the dropdown list in "Special:CloseWiki".

• Stable extensions
• User rights extensions
• LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates extensions
• GetUserPermissionsErrors extensions
• GPL licensed extensions
• Extensions in Wikimedia version control
• All extensions
• Wiki farm extensions

• Extensions without an image
• Extensions without a compatibility policy
• Extensions with manual MediaWiki version