Going back to your mention of preapproving edits - would it be straightforward to have an
extension hook check to see if a certain "protected" section was edited by
comparing it to the previous revision?
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From: Arcane 21 <arcane(a)live.com>
To: alj62888(a)yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:36 AM
Subject: RE: [MediaWiki-l] Forcing a certain page layout
Unfortunately, MediaWiki doesn't have a selective page portions protection scheme as
far as I'm aware, and I've dabbled with a few other types of wiki software and
haven't found a way to do this as well.
The best thing you can do (in MediaWiki) is using the template scheme I suggested, and
protecting the rest of the page (don't enable cascade protection if you do this). The
edit links on the page will lead to the subpage links that can be edited, and they will
display that information on the main page without changing the rest of the protected
content.
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 10:29:44 -0800
From: alj62888(a)yahoo.com
To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Forcing a certain page layout
Thanks Arcane, you touched on another question I had; protecting certain portions of a
page from edit. Is there seriously no way to do this at all that isn't a hack? This
would be a deal-breaker, unfortunately. Any suggestions for other wikis?
Thanks,
Al
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From: Arcane 21 <arcane(a)live.com>
To: alj62888(a)yahoo.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:08 AM
Subject: RE: [MediaWiki-l] Forcing a certain page layout
I've dabbled with SMW and infoboxes in the past, and I don't think there is an
option to "lock" a certain part of the page in place.
However, you do have two options you might try: First, you could set it up to where
revisions have to approved, and you can reject revisions that relocate the infobox.
Second, you could have the edit link for the infobox template redirect to a subpage of the
main page that can be edited, and the finished product appears in the infobox.
The second option requires the infobox be a template with an automatic redirect to an
editable subpage, but that shouldn't be too difficult to set up.
Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any means of protecting portions of a page instead of
the whole page.
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:38:09 -0800
From: alj62888(a)yahoo.com
To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Subject: [MediaWiki-l] Forcing a certain page layout
Hi, this is a newbie question; thanks in advance.
I'm thinking about using SMW with MW. I'll use Semantic Forms and the like to
make entering the semantic data easier and then let editors enter free text for other
miscellaneous sections. But, the semantic stuff is the most important and I want to make
sure the semantic data section is always on a particular location on the page; say, the
top. I don't want an editor to relocate the info box anywhere he wants. Is this
possible?
Thanks,
Al
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