I know. Rob is right.
However where I work we have selected MediaWiki as the best tool for what we require. And then it is a good idea to integrate some calendaring functionality into the Wiki (as in, preferable over using another tool).
I have found the calendar extension very useful (wikicalendar by Christof Damian. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Cdamian/calendar).
On 3/12/07, Rob Church robchur@gmail.com wrote:
On 12/03/07, Frederik Dohr fdg001@gmx.net wrote:
Though Rob does have a point; even recommendations need to be checked against your needs before implementation.
My point was rather hastily made, but it does stem off a classic irritation I have - and it's the one that is caused by people picking MediaWiki when it's not appropriate for their needs.
MediaWiki is a wiki engine that's designed to scale to meet the needs of...hey, look, deja vu. Point is, it *does* have a lower limit, and it *doesn't* implement a lot of things that some people have come to expect us to implement out of project scope.
If MediaWiki doesn't do what you want, *and there is something which does, or is more likely to*, then pick the right software for the job! Just because MediaWiki is popular, and just because it powers the largest wiki farms in the world, doesn't mean it's suitable for a fifteen user internal site on some corporate LAN.
Rant over.
Rob Church
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