: MediaWiki: Is it possible to restrict view access to a certain page, an uploaded file or a namespace? As my wiki is public and freely accessible worldwide, sometimes there is a need of not

@Margaret670

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As my wiki is public and freely accessible worldwide, sometimes there is a need of not publishing some content before a certain event (let's say, a certain date). Let's say, I would like to upload a few files and keep them secret, however, I would like the content to be accessible to some super user groups. If I'm right, there is an extension Hidden Pages, but, from what I remember, it's more like a hack, and I wouldn't like to hide pages or files, but just restrict the view access. An example scenario I currently thinking of is as follows:


Create a restricted namespace
Upload a file into that namespace (as far as I remember, this is not possible in MediaWiki, though)
Do not link a file from elsewhere but a page that's in a restricted namespace as well, so it couldn't be leaked
Once a file could be published, just move a file (or a page) to an unrestricted namespace.


Is it possible in MediaWiki somehow?

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