On 6 February 2013 23:58, Tim Starling <tstarling(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
I think we can turn MediaWiki into a fully featured
wiki engine which
can compete with the likes of Confluence. I don't think it can ever
compete with TiddlyWiki or UseModWiki in their respective niches.
(veering slightly off topic)
What in Confluence are you thinking of MediaWiki as lacking?
The main two in my experience are (1) firm access control (2) WYSIWYG
editor. (1) is just not something MW can promise to do securely unless
pretty much every developer cared and (2) is on the way (certainly
before the end of time). Any others of importance?
[ps: Confluence is horrible and its hardware requirements do in fact
make MediaWiki look lightweight.]
- d.