RE: [Mediawiki-l] limit user permissions by namespace

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