The RetainedArticles extension for MediaWiki enhances the article deletion process by enabling redirects to be established for deleted articles, maintaining the article's presence within the wiki through redirection.
- Option to specify a redirect target during the deletion process.
- Seamless creation of redirects from deleted article titles to specified targets.
- Easy integration with the standard MediaWiki deletion interface.
- Clone this repository into your MediaWiki
extensions/directory. - Include
wfLoadExtension( 'RetainedArticles' );in yourLocalSettings.php.
When deleting an article, you will be presented with an option to specify a "Retained Article" target. The URL of the deleted article will then redirect visitors to this target article.
Your contributions are welcome! Please fork this repository, make your changes, and submit a pull request for review.