[solved] Change wiki membership type after wiki creation?

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Apologies if this is a dumb question, but is there a way to change the membership type of a wiki/subwiki after it has been created?

While I can browse and see what the membership type is for my wikis under the wiki browser (/xwiki/bin/view/WikiManager/), I cannot seem to find where to change the setting.

The edit action on that page doesn’t give me access to that property, nor can I find it under the administration section of the wiki.

And https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Wiki%20Application#HHowtojoinawiki doesn’t show any information on how to change a membership type after creation.

Am I missing a simple setting somewhere? Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

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You can go in the subwiki you want to edit the membership, in Administration > Users and you’ll see the option:

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Any idea where the doc is located for this on xwiki.org?

I don’t see it on https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Wiki%20Application

Thx

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/facepalm/ I can’t believe I missed that.

My final question is, is this option available for the main wiki?

It’s been so long since I installed xwiki, that I forget if this option came up during installation.

Thanks again.

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No, this option only makes sense in subwikis (since it’s essentially about deciding what to do about main wiki users).

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I don’t think there is, I’ll add it in Wiki Application and link it in https://extensions.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Extension/Administration%20Application#HUsers too

[Edit: done]

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Thx @surli It should indeed go in the doc for the module where the code is located (no idea where this is: either the wiki app module or the admin app module). Thus, I’m not sure if there’s a need for a cross link.

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I’m not sure either but I feel like it’s better to see the info in the Administration doc too since it’s where it appears so if an admin discovers the option there, they’ll naturally look for doc in the Administration app. And on the other hand if someone is looking for the option they’ll look in the wiki app. So I think it’s better to have it in both sides.

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The problem with this approach is that any extension can contribute admin UI stuff anywhere. Actually I think the main issue here is probably that the wiki app extension is reusing an existing admin UI section from another extension instead of creating a new one which is the best practice in general.

My point was just that it’s hard for a place in the doc to know all the possible injections done by extensions. But sure, why not, for those we know of (even if not complete). From a user POV, it would probably be nicer indeed.