Hi ... I would like to know if the development lines of mediawiki will be extensively tied (or slown down) because of wikipedia ... The reason of my question, is that i am recently reading the mailing list , and show that developers and contributions are allways extensily closed to wikipedia requirements, not open to new ideas beyond enciclopedias. A general use wiki with mediawiki engine would be great, ( i am using it to developments documentation) ... but it lacks features like authentication and email notifications (i know the 1.4 plans on this features), that i think are being slown down by the WIKIPEDIA ...

What is your oppinion ???

Another branch of mediawiki with general features would be great.

regards