On 01/09/05, andyc@andy-yvonne.demon.co.uk andyc@andy-yvonne.demon.co.uk wrote:
Sy> Stuff to think about for a "complete" solution:Also consider having permissions set on a category basis, so that adding a page to a category applies some permissions when can then be overridden.
I seem to remember this being discussed before, and more-or-less rejected; a big problem is any system where a user can exclude *themselves* from the right to edit something - either accidentally or as a form of vandalism - meaning that someone higher up is required to undo their change. That rules out / presents major problems for any system where the rights of a page can be affected by its content. Come to that, page moves would have to be handled carefully in any namespace or title-based permissions system...
Perhaps a parallel kind of category could be defined instead, for use on the permissions page - after all, this isn't what the current category system is intended for anyway.