Gentlemen, allow us to examine what happens when one does
$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = true;
$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false;
$wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false;
Users will still see lots of Login/Create Account items to click on,
only to find at the end of the click trail no button to create
account.
Indeed, this is after they have clicked on "edit this page", to only
be then told they had to create an account.
The impression is a trail of "sucker clicks", "false advertisement",
"bait and switch". Note the URL above for a test drive.
Therefore the navigation items should be adjusted to show what can
actually be navigated to.
(I couldn't add suresh at hserus dot net, the owner into the CC box above.)
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