jeffwang16 wrote:

And not only that; img_auth.php should be applied and there should be an option to integrate img_auth.php with image uploading on the installer.

Hi Jeff,
I have tried this on v1.22 - the installer still adds

$wgGroupPermissions['*']['createaccount'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false;

However I could create pages as an anon.

Can you still reproduce this bug ?

jeffwang16 wrote:

Well of course this is reproduce-able, but I'm not interested in making a new wiki for the purpose of testing.

I can't reproduce this issue with 1.22. Although the installer doesn't add lines prohibiting createpage and createtalk, anons are unable to do so.

jeffwang16 wrote:

No, we need somebody to change it so that it clearly adds the lines I requested.

Why? They're not necessary. The $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; line prevents page creation already. I just tested it. Adding the other lines would have no benefit and would just clutter up LocalSettings.php.

jeffwang16 wrote:

Permissions are supposed to tell EXACTLY what is blocked and what is not. Some wikis may even want anons to make pages only; the software is not supposed to bundle certain rights together.

I don't really see a use case for that, but I've updated the bug report to reflect it.

Sorry, but I don't see a valid use case for a write-once-read-many medium using MediaWiki.