This is a list of tips and tricks I use on various WikiMedia that I run.

Unless noted, this applies to the 1.15.1 – 2009-07-13 version.

Disable links

On Laussywiki, you can't follow a red-link (that refers to a page that still does not exist). If you try to force your way, you will be blocked by login permissions. But normal users do not get distracted in opening a page that tells them it does not exist and that they cannot create it. The link, however, exists, to inform it will/should appear at some point.

This is achieved by patching Linker.php, c. Line 287:

		# Get a default title attribute.
		if( in_array( 'known', $options ) ) {
			$defaults['title'] = $target->getPrefixedText();
		} else {
		  $defaults['title'] = wfMsg( 'red-link-title', $target->getPrefixedText() );
		  if ( $wgUser->isLoggedIn() ) { $defaults['onclick'] = "return false;"; }
		}