Thanks for the comment. Actually, I do want to attach an ACL to an interwiki that is a descriptor for a set of pages within any namespace on the local wiki. That's somewhat the point - to not use Categories as the prime descriptor for pages that have a certain ACL. Using interwiki descriptors seems better faster and cheaper than using categories. Yes TODAY an interwiki is 'a pointer to a page living' elsewhere, but I make this proposal to Wikimedia Developers, who are the most knowledgeable about long-term health of the product. My proposal is aimed to leverage code already in the WM base software.
-----Original Message----- From: Platonides [mailto:platonides@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2011 7:03 AM To: jmcclure@hypergrove.com; Wikimedia developers Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Interwikis
I think you want to attach an ACL to a namespace, not to an interwiki, which is just a pointer to a page living in some different place.