Extension:BlueSpiceRating

**MediaWiki extensions manual**
BlueSpiceRating; Release status: stable
Description	Allows a 5-star rating or the recommendation of a page
Author(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Maintainer(s)	Hallo Welt! GmbH
Latest version	-
Compatibility policy	For every MediaWiki release that is a Long Term Support release there is a corresponding branch in the extension.
MediaWiki	1.43 (LTS)
Database changes	Yes
	Parameters $wgRatingArticleEnabledNamespaces; $wgRatingArticleLikeEnabledNamespaces;
	Added rights rating-read; rating-write; rating-archive; rating-viewspecialpage;
	Hooks used BSApiNamespaceStoreMakeData; BSMigrateSettingsFromDeviatingNames; BSMigrateSettingsSetNewSettings; BeforePageDisplay; GetDoubleUnderscoreIDs; LoadExtensionSchemaUpdates; MWStakeCommonUIRegisterSkinSlotComponents; NamespaceManager::editNamespace; NamespaceManager::getMetaFields; NamespaceManagerBeforePersistSettings; NamespaceManagerCollectNamespaceProperties; UserMergeAccountFields;
	Hooks provided BSRatingConfigDefaults; BlueSpiceRatingItemVoteSaveComplete; BlueSpiceRatingItemVoteSave; RatingRegister;
Licence	GNU General Public License 3.0 only
Download	Download extension ; Git [?]: Browse repository (GitHub); Gerrit code review; Git commit log; Download source tarball;
	Translate the BlueSpiceRating extension if it is available at translatewiki.net

This extension is mainly supported in an external venue: BlueSpice Community Forum.
If you need help, you should post there, and not on the talk page.

BlueSpiceRating enables users to rate a wiki page with up to five stars or to recommend the page.

Usage / features

The rating and recommendation features are displayed next to the page title.

Rating: Users select a number of stars to provide their rating. Users can change their assessment at any time, by choosing less or more stars. The average evaluation as well as the number of assessments are displayed.
Recommendation: Users click on a recommendation link to make the recommendation. Users can change their assessment at any time by recommending the page or by retracting their recommendation.

Installation

Add the repo url (https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceRating

.git) as a "vcs repository" and the package name (mediawiki/BlueSpiceRating) and version to the require section of your composer.local.json. Example:

{
	"repositories": [
		{
			"type": "vcs",
			"url": "https://github.com/wikimedia/mediawiki-extensions-BlueSpiceRating
.git"
		}
	],
	"require": {
		"mediawiki/BlueSpiceRating": "BlueSpiceRating"
	}
}

Run the following command in your MediaWiki installation path

composer update --no-dev

Add the following code at the bottom of your LocalSettings.php file:

wfLoadExtension( 'BlueSpiceRating' );

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

External Links

This extension was originally made for BlueSpice . BlueSpice is a MediaWiki distribution for enterprises and organizations. It enhances MediaWiki, in particular in the areas of quality management, process support, administration, editing and security. This extension is bundled with BlueSpice pro.

BlueSpice: