On Apr 8, 2005 9:59 PM, John Fader jfader@gmail.com wrote:
That would only be a problem if some hosting service allowed you php, mysql and to install mediawiki, but wouldn't let you make ordinary user cronjobs.
That doesn't sound at all unlikely, to be honest. Remember that MediaWiki has a web-based install, so you can install with nothing more than FTP access, as long as there are writable directories and a MySQL server you can point it at [in fact, I think most things will run without a writable directory, to be honest]. And judging from postings on mediawiki-l, plenty do.
Besides which, creating a cron job is hardly in the same league, user-friendly-wise, as, say, enabling a particular setting to allow editting in Special:InterMap. There are plenty of people who install MediaWiki who have no "developer"-style expertise, so from their point of view the more tasks that can be achieved in an "admin"-style the better.