On 30/08/06, Michael Bimmler mbimmler@gmail.com wrote:
Okay. Seems I misread which bug/feature you were talking about.
I have stated, and continue to maintain, that to implement strong, per-page access controls, to the level that some organisations require, within MediaWiki would require a considerable rewrite and a rethink of a lot of aspects of the software, and that such a change would *not* be consistent with the purpose and intended use case for MediaWiki.
Organisations which "cannot implement MediaWiki" because of this should seek an appropriate document management solution for their needs, that is, obtain (purchase, if needs be - it would be worth it) software that was *written for their intended use*. MediaWiki as a project isn't seeking to become the world's #1 commercially-used wiki package.
I do not, however, dispute the other bug report; that which calls for locking and hiding of certain accounts, since I accept it would be useful to the main audience at which MediaWiki is targetted; the Wikimedia projects.
Rob Church