Feature summary (what you would like to be able to do and where):
I would like to be able to automatically create a redirect from the main namespace to the user page, if such a redirect does not exist.
For example, if user "Jane" logs in, I would like the extension to check, whether the site "Jane" exists. If it does not exist, it should create it and redirect it to "User:Jane"
The feature should be optional and be turned off in the default configuration
Use case(s) (list the steps that you performed to discover that problem, and describe the actual underlying problem which you want to solve. Do not describe only a solution):
This will enable users to link their user page by just stating [[Jane]], which would make at least our wiki much more user-friendly.
Benefits (why should this be implemented?):
Hmm, see use cases :)
I have already implemented this in my own fork and will provide the code once I figure out my way through phabricator and gerrit (bear with me, this is my first contribution to mediawiki)