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GlobalNotice Release status: stable
Implementation	Notify
Description	Global sitenotice(s) for wiki farms
Author(s)	Misza Jack Phoenix
Latest version	0.6.0 (2017-06-02)
MediaWiki	1.39.4+
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
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Example	ShoutWiki
Parameters $wgGlobalNoticeDisplayWarningOnEditPage $wgGlobalNoticeFile
Hooks used EditPage::showEditForm:initial SiteNoticeAfter
Quarterly downloads	1 (Ranked 169th)
Public wikis using	1,165 (Ranked 235th)
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GlobalNotice is a MediaWiki extension that allows to create global sitenotices, which cannot be dismissed, on a wiki farm (such as ShoutWiki).

Dependency

• MessageCommons — required to make the notices global

Installation

• Download and place the file(s) in a directory called GlobalNotice in your extensions/ folder.
• Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

  wfLoadExtension( 'GlobalNotice' );
  

•  Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

• $wgGlobalNoticeDisplayWarningOnEditPage - This is by default equal to false. When set to true, a warning will show to the editor who's editing MediaWiki:Forced-globalnotice for informing the purpose of the message.

Usage

• MediaWiki:Forced-globalnotice — a site-wide notice shown for *all* users, no matter what their language is. Used only for things like server migration notices etc.
• MediaWiki:Globalnotice — global notice, depending on the user's language. This can be used to show language-specific stuff to users with a certain interface language (i.e. "We need more French translators! Pouvez-vous nous aider ?" on MediaWiki:Globalnotice/fr to show the message to all users with French as their interface language)
• MediaWiki:Globalnotice-sysop — a site-wide notice shown to all administrators (depending on language; MediaWiki:Globalnotice-sysop/fr to show a notice to all French sysops etc.)
  • MediaWiki:Globalnotice-bureaucrat — see above, but for bureaucrats
  • MediaWiki:Globalnotice-bot — see above...
  • MediaWiki:Globalnotice-rollback — once again, see above

This extension is included in the following wiki farms/hosts and/or packages: Canasta ShoutWiki This is not an authoritative list. Some wiki farms/hosts and/or packages may contain this extension even if they are not listed here. Always check with your wiki farms/hosts or bundle to confirm.