Extension:NewUserMessage

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
NewUserMessage; Release status: stable
Implementation	User activity, Hook
Description	Add a message to the newly created user's talk pages
Author(s)	Aran Dunkley; Siebrand Mazeland;
Latest version	3.6.0 (2016-10-31)
MediaWiki	1.36+
PHP	7.3+
Database changes	No
	Parameters $wgNewUserMessageOnAutoCreate; $wgNewUserMinorEdit; $wgNewUserSuppressRC;
	Hooks used LocalUserCreated; UserGetReservedNames;
License	GNU General Public License 2.0 or later
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (Phabricator · GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
	Translate the NewUserMessage extension if it is available at translatewiki.net
Issues	Open tasks · Report a bug

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The NewUserMessage extension adds a message to the talk pages of newly created wiki accounts.

Installation

Download and move the extracted NewUserMessage folder to your extensions/ directory.
Developers and code contributors should install the extension from Git instead, using:
```
cd extensions/
git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/mediawiki/extensions/NewUserMessage
```
Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:
```
wfLoadExtension( 'NewUserMessage' );
```
Configure as required
Done – Navigate to Special:Version on your wiki to verify that the extension is successfully installed.

Configuration

Global variables

There are some global variables that affect the extension's operation. These should be set in your LocalSettings file after the require_once of the NewUserMessage.php script.

Variable	Default value	Meaning
`$wgNewUserSuppressRC`	`false`	Specify whether or not the new user message creation should show up in recent changes. If set to `true`, those edits will not be displayed even if "show bot edits" is selected on RecentChanges or Watchlist.
`$wgNewUserMinorEdit`	`true`	Should the new user message creation be a minor edit?
`$wgNewUserMessageOnAutoCreate`	`false`	Should auto creation (CentralAuth) trigger a new user message?

In-wiki configuration

Other settings of the extension can be made in the MediaWiki namespace.

Page title	Default value	Meaning
`MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template`	`Template:Welcome`	Specify a template to wrap the new user message within. You can create translations (e.g. `MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template/es`) that will be used when the registered user has set a different interface language on registration (this is possible through &uselang parameter or more easily through login language links). Used as a fallback when `MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template-body` is not set.
`MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template-subject`	`Template:Welcome-subject`	Specify a template to wrap the new user message thread subject within. Always preprocessed and substituted by the parser.
`MediaWiki:Newusermessage-template-body`	`Template:Welcome-body`	Specify a template to wrap the new user message thread body within.
`MediaWiki:Newuseredit-summary`	`Adding [[Template:Welcome\|welcome message]] to new user's talk page`	Edit summary for the recent changes entry of a new users message. Always in content language.
`MediaWiki:Newusermessage-editor`	`New user message`	Set the username of the user that makes the edit on user talk pages. The user set here is marked as reserved and won't be able to login! If this user does not exist, "MediaWiki default" will show up as editing user.
`MediaWiki:Newusermessage-signatures`	none	Optional feature. if it exists and contains a list of user names (* signature newline * etc…), these user names will be added after the template (randomly) along with the date and time.
`MediaWiki:Newusermessage-substitute‎`	none	Optional feature. If the page exists and contains any text (but spaces or a single dash ("-")), the welcome template will be substituted in the talk page.

Note that these items are articles, to edit them, go to the article in your browser and edit the text accordingly.

Example NewUserMessage page

A very simple example of the page you should create as Template:Welcome:

== Welcome to our Wiki ==

Hello {{{name}}} ...

Template parameters

|name= - User name
|realName= - Real name (can be empty)

Installation

Configuration

Global variables

In-wiki configuration

Example NewUserMessage page

See also