On 12/03/07, Dan Davis hokie99cpe+wiki@gmail.com wrote:
We would like to have announcements placed on our wiki. The best place to put them would be the Main Page... assuming that everyone used the Main Page, that is. The problem is that many folks use a search plug-in or bookmarks to get to where they need. The next best place would be a login page but our authentication is handled externally and you'll never see a login page on our wiki.
[[MediaWiki:Sitenotice]]?
Wikimedia used something for the site notice in the last fundraising drive, such that when you'd read the begging message you could click to make it go away (until it was updated again). A custom extension which isn't on Sounds like just the thing for you, if it runs on 1.7.1.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fundraising_sitenotice_2006_Q4
- d.