How to create user page dynamically after registration of user

Question

In mediawiki, how do I create a page for the user dynamically after user registration?

For example, after user xyz get registered, a user page is created with name User:xyz.

How can this be done?

Answer 1

Write a MediaWiki extension that hooks into the AddNewAccount hook. See this question for the PHP code for creating new articles within an extension.

Answer 2

You could definitely create a bot to do this, it probably wouldn't even be difficult.