Last modified: 2011-07-09 01:47:55 UTC
Following the discussion at http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Village_pump&oldid=36042358#Hidden_categories:_change_the_default_setting_for_logged-in_users please change the default configuration for Commons to display "Hidden Categories" (categories marked with __HIDDENCAT__ ) by default to all logged-in users. Users that don't want to view them may de-select this in User preferences.
Quite important for contributors to Commons.
(For reference, the preference in question is 'showhiddencats') I'm unsure if this is a simple shell request. To make it be shown for everyone by default is easy - $wgDefaultUserOptions['showhiddencats'] = 1; However I don't think there is a config option to make it on by default for logged in users, and off by default for logged out users.
I put the summary back to "Commons __HIDDENCAT__ (change the default setting for logged-in users) " from "Have 'showhiddencats' option set to on by default for logged in users, but off for logged out users " It might be easier to change the stylesheets at Commons for logged-in users and just display these categories.
I left a note at [[Commons:MediaWiki_talk:Common.css#mw-hidden-cats-user-shown]]. That might be the better forum for this.
Setting +'wgDefaultUserOptions' => array( + 'commonswiki' => array( 'showhiddencats' => true ), +), With true/1, we get Global default '' is invalid for field math Backtrace: #0 /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.17/includes/Preferences.php(1154): Preferences::getPreferences(Object(User)) #1 /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.17/includes/specials/SpecialPreferences.php(70): Preferences::getFormObject(Object(User)) #2 /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.17/includes/SpecialPage.php(578): SpecialPreferences->execute(NULL) #3 /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.17/includes/Wiki.php(251): SpecialPage::executePath(Object(Title)) #4 /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.17/includes/Wiki.php(63): MediaWiki->handleSpecialCases(Object(Title), Object(OutputPage), Object(WebRequest)) #5 /usr/local/apache/common-local/php-1.17/index.php(114): MediaWiki->performRequestForTitle(Object(Title), NULL, Object(OutputPage), Object(User), Object(WebRequest)) #6 /usr/local/apache/common-local/live-1.5/index.php(3): require('/usr/local/apac...') #7 {main} which isn't much use....
Presumably that's overriding the entire array, which is unsetting all the other defaults, which causes problems. Most of the other code in InitialiseSettings.php seem to do $wmgSomething = 'blah'; and then in CommonSettings.php $wgDefaultUserOptions['something'] = $wmgSomething;
(In reply to comment #6) > Presumably that's overriding the entire array, which is unsetting all the other > defaults, which causes problems. Most of the other code in > InitialiseSettings.php seem to do $wmgSomething = 'blah'; and then in > CommonSettings.php $wgDefaultUserOptions['something'] = $wmgSomething; <logmsgbot> !log reedy synchronized php-1.17/wmf-config/InitialiseSettings.php 'Testing showhiddencats for commons' <morebots> Logged the message, Master <logmsgbot> !log reedy synchronized php-1.17/wmf-config/CommonSettings.php 'Testing showhiddencats for commons' <morebots> Logged the message, Master