MediaWiki is very popular for wiki creation. Though it is so much used, the irony is, most of settings has to be set using LocalSettings.php file. Also the maintenance scripts has to be run by command prompt. Maintenance scripts are used for various update task on MediaWiki.
Recently I faced a problem in MediaWiki update. My requirement was to prevent users from creating the account by themselves. The account creation request should be validated by moderator and then it is accepted or rejected. I found a ConfirmAccount extension which does …