* (bug 23276) Add hook to Special:NewPages to modify query

Patch by Dan Barrett

RELEASE-NOTES

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
 * When visiting a "red link" of a deleted file, a deletion and move log excerpt
   is provided on the Upload form.
 * (bug 22647) Add category details in search results.
+* (bug 23276) Add hook to Special:NewPages to modify query
 
 === Bug fixes in 1.17 ===
 * (bug 17560) Half-broken deletion moved image files to deletion archive

docs/hooks.txt

@@ -1472,6 +1472,11 @@ $movePage: MovePageForm object
 $oldTitle: old title (object)
 $newTitle: new title (object)
 
+'SpecialNewpagesConditions': called when building sql query for Special:NewPages
+&$special: NewPagesPager object (subclass of ReverseChronologicalPager)
+&opts: FormOptions object containing special page options
+&$conds: array of WHERE conditionals for query
+
 'SpecialPage_initList': called when setting up SpecialPage::$mList, use this
 hook to remove a core special page
 $list: list (array) of core special pages

includes/specials/SpecialNewpages.php

@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ class NewPagesPager extends ReverseChronologicalPager {
 		if ( $this->opts->getValue( 'hideredirs' ) ) {
 			$conds['page_is_redirect'] = 0;
 		}
+  
+		// Allow changes to the New Pages query
+		wfRunHooks('SpecialNewpagesConditions', array(&$this, $this->opts, &$conds));
 
 		$info = array(
 			'tables' => array( 'recentchanges', 'page' ),