Help:Community Configuration
Project purpose
[edit]The Growth team works on Community Configuration to help communities customize and scale features, to match their needs.
You can access the configuration page by visiting Special:CommunityConfiguration locally, where available.
You can share your questions and your feedback regarding this project on the project's talk page, in any language.
Deployment
[edit]At the moment, Community Configuration is available at all Wikipedias.
Growth team features were configured at Special:EditGrowthConfig. This URL is now a redirect to Community Configuration
Configure the features
[edit]Who can edit the configuration
[edit]Anyone with the right to edit the interface can edit the local configuration. Any other user can read the configuration.[1] We advise community members to define the configuration after consulting their community. Wikimedia Foundation teams that provide features can be contacted to provide advice on the configuration.
How configuration works
[edit]The Community Configuration page is a form. That form edits the actual configuration files. These configuration files are JSON files, stored locally.
It is possible to edit the JSON files directly, the changes will be reflected on the Community Configuration form.
Like for any other page on wiki, each configuration has a history page. This history page is the JSON file history.
Available configurations
[edit]The following features can be configured. Some of them might not be available at your wiki.
| Feature details | Feature description | Maintained by | Availablility | JSON file |
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| Help panel | Customize Help panel settings to align with your community's requirements and define resources within it to assist and guide new editors. | Growth team | All Wikipedias | MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsHelpPanel.json
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| Mentorship | Customize mentorship settings and eligibility, while adjusting edit minimums and timeframes for mentors and praise-worthy mentees. | Growth team | All Wikipedias | MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsMentorship.json
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| Newcomer onboarding | Personalize onboarding for new account holders via post-registration help and Leveling up notifications. | Growth team | All Wikipedias | MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsHomepage.json
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| Suggested edits | Customize the newcomer homepage's Suggested edits feature. | Growth team | All Wikipedias | MediaWiki:GrowthExperimentsSuggestedEdits.json
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| Automoderator | Configure Automoderator settings, so the model can identify and revert potentially bad edits on Wikipedia. | Moderator Tools | Available on wikis which have enabled Extension:AutoModerator. (see tracking task) | MediaWiki:AutoModeratorConfig.json
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Troubleshooting
[edit]Moving or deleting a JSON file used to configure a given feature will not block or remove the feature. Default settings will still apply. If you encounter a problem with a feature, please contact the team that maintains the feature.
FAQ
[edit]- Where can I translate Community Configuration's interface?
- Interface translation is located at Translatewiki.net. A new account and onboarding will be required at this wiki.
- I translated the entire Community Configuration interface but some sentences are not translated. Why?
- Translations are separated into two: the Community Configuration interface itself and the extension that is offered for configuration. This means translating two different sets of sentences.
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Editors with all the following rights can edit the community configuration:
editsitejsoneditinterface
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