[Mediawiki-l] limit user permissions by namespace

[Maurice Joseph]

Ben,

Here are a couple of interesting leads:

1. Page access restriction with Wiki (using namespaces)
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hidden_pages

2. ...need to be restricted to certain users (things like payroll/budget 
information, or staffing discussions) - Note: this solution in my opinion may 
be cumbersome on the admin side since ACL is file based and done a per page 
basis
http://blog.epistemographer.com/?p=238 

3. But this is what you really want... (It being a patch should not be an 
issue, many folks are using it)

[description snippet]...I made a patch to enable page restriction under the 
MediaWiki software. Pages can be articles or categories. It adds a new 
|restrict| tab link allowing members of the group restrict to restrict pages. 
Users member of the group viewrestrict can read (and modify) the restricted 
pages. Other users cannot see, search, export, etc, the restricted pages. You 
can still |protect| them for editing. A restricted page is distinguished by a 
red background tab, and you have a special page (Special:Restrictedpages) to 
list the restricted pages.
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Page_access_restriction_with_MediaWiki

Maurice Joseph
SpikeSource
developer.spikesource.com

> On 10/3/05, Ben Fitzgerald <ben_m_f at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> If you really want to keep them separate why not set up two separate wikis?
> 
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> Rick DeNatale
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