Author: magnusrk+wiki

Description:
$wgWhitelistEdit = false / true;
$wgWhitelistRead = false / array( 'Page', 'Story' );
The current control is with two variables. Edit enables or disables editing of all pages, while
Read also can be a whitelist of pages for when reading is blocked. I would like to see these two
options combined for both read and edit.

$wgBlockAnonRead = false; # true = users must login to read.
$wgBlockAnonReadEx = array( 'User Clubhouse'); # Pages exempted from the read policy.
$wgBlockAnonEdit = true; # true = users must login to edit.
$wgBlockAnonEditEx = array( 'Talk:*', 'User talk:*'); # Pages exempted from the edit policy.
The Read/Edit variables determine the general rule of whether anonymous users can read/edit pages
or not, while the ReadEx/EditEx variables are exceptions to that rule. The example given has Read =
false, so anon can read all pages except those in ReadEx. Edit = true, so anon can edit no pages
except those in EditEx. 'Talk:*' is the temporary syntax I chose for "all pages in this namespace".

I have implemented this on my own wiki, and it works fine. If the idea isn't shot down right away,
I'll make a patch draft with details.

Version: 1.4.x
Severity: enhancement
URL: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Dashiva