-----Original Message----- From: mediawiki-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org [mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Platonides Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2012 4:35 PM To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Page Protection On 09/05/12 23:05, Turnbough, Bradley E. wrote: Why are you using such old version? ---Because it's stable and I don't need any of the features in a newer version. We're operating a business that relies on wiki's and there is no need or want to upgrade it right now. To use the page proctection mechanism of MediaWiki, you use the protect tab. You need to be a sysop to have that (or otherwise be in a group with the protect right). Or do you mean http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:PageProtection ? That seems to hide from view page sections, not what you want. shows up in the Special:ListGroupRights group has all of the rights that You can't. Anyone able to protect a page, can also unprotect it. You could make DrawingQuality the only ones able to do that, but I see no reason for that. You seem to want a group of people setting the quality of the pages, and then protect them so that nobody can alter it. Think a bit. Do you really need to do enforce that protection? If only X and Y guys should put marks, anyone else responsible enough wouldn't be doing it. And in a wiki it's trivial to find who changed that when it shouldn't (so he can be 'punished'). Specially, you should trust your wiki sysops not to do such things. Also, there may be reasons to change the content of the page even if it's quality is set. For instance, it may be appropiate to change a bit on the description. ---Because these are legal documents/articles and they can't be altered. On top of that, I have thousands of users. I can't constantly effectively communicate "don't edit page, x, y, z, w, m, l, p,.....etc". Also, I can't pay folks to constantly watch articles for changes. If auditors show up at the door and want to see the info, do YOU have time to revert back unapproved changes? I certainly don't. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l This e-mail transmission contains information that is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended only for the addressee(s) named above. If you receive this e-mail in error, please do not read, copy or disseminate it in any manner. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this information is prohibited. Please reply to the message immediately by informing the sender that the message was misdirected. After replying, please erase it from your computer system. Your assistance in correcting this error is appreciated.

On 09/05/12 23:55, Turnbough, Bradley E. wrote: or want It is known to have security issues. And almost on any issue/incompatibility you encounter, you'll be asked to upgrade first. It's your call, though. Heh, I wouldn't have called my legal team 'DrawingQuality' People usually use a template on the top of the page saying "This page is a legal document approved by the Elomin Council. Do not change this page without approval of the almighty CEO if you don't want to suffer a slow and painful death" (or some equivalent internal wording ;) ) The Watchlist and Related changes tools make easy to detect changes on such kind of not-to-be-changed documents. FlaggedRevs may be more appropiate for your needs. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs