On 30/08/06, Michael Bimmler <mbimmler(a)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