On 30/08/06, Jay R. Ashworth <jra(a)baylink.com> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 10:18:12PM +0100, Rob Church
wrote:
The referenced bug is a long standing feature
request that we don't
have plans to implement, owing to the fact that it contradicts a lot
of the "ethos" of MediaWiki; its purpose and concept.
Sure.
Just like groups. And read-protection by groups. :-)
Groups became a necessary evil. Read protection in MediaWiki is
limited in implementation, which is a Good Thing, in my opinion.
People often seem to confuse MediaWiki with a magic solve-all for
document management. While the platform is popular, quite mature and
secure, and extremely extensible, and while MediaWiki is a pretty damn
good collaborative editing application, it is subject to an enormous
amount of abuse.
You have a pot of screws and a hammer. Purchase a screwdriver.
Rob Church