On 30/08/06, Jay R. Ashworth jra@baylink.com wrote:
On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 10:18:12PM +0100, Rob Church wrote:
The referenced bug is a long standing feature request that we don't have plans to implement, owing to the fact that it contradicts a lot of the "ethos" of MediaWiki; its purpose and concept.
Sure.
Just like groups. And read-protection by groups. :-)
Groups became a necessary evil. Read protection in MediaWiki is limited in implementation, which is a Good Thing, in my opinion.
People often seem to confuse MediaWiki with a magic solve-all for document management. While the platform is popular, quite mature and secure, and extremely extensible, and while MediaWiki is a pretty damn good collaborative editing application, it is subject to an enormous amount of abuse.
You have a pot of screws and a hammer. Purchase a screwdriver.
Rob Church