[Mediawiki-l] Moderating Discussion pages?

[Colleen Robledo]

Hello,

Thank you for the responses to my inquiry regarding blog-like comments on
MediaWiki.  So far, it doesn't appear this is possible.

If we use the Discussion pages (and lock down the Article pages to
editors/admins only), is there a way to hold Discussion posts (by registered
users) in some sort of moderating queue, so that Admins can approve
Discussion page posts prior to publication?

Thank you,
Colleen Robledo

On 12/4/06, Fernando Correia <fernandoacorreia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Maybe you should give the "talk" page a try. If not, you could:
>
> a) integrate with a forum software
> b) develop an extension
>
> I'm new to PHP and MediaWiki but I found out that developing an extension
> to
> MediaWiki is not too hard.
>
> 2006/12/1, Morten Blaabjerg <morten at crewscut.com>:
> >
> > There's been several attempts at making Blog type extensions, take a
> look
> > at
> > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_extensions
> > Although AFAIK there's nothing in the true vein of what you describe.
> >
> > I've been looking for something similar, but in the end I just came to
> the
> > conclusion that a wiki and a blog is two quite different things.
> >
> > MediaWiki in particular was designed to split the content of a page and
> > the
> > discussion into two distinct pages. This has advantages, if you want to
> > keep
> > a distinction between "front end" and "back end" of the system. I've
> seen
> > a
> > lot of other wikis where everything is kept on the same page. In a
> sense,
> > they are more true to the original wiki idea than MW, in that they keep
> > process and content together in the same context, which makes things a
> lot
> > simpler. MW has a lot of strength though, in making an informal page
> where
> > "everything is allowed", as opposed to the "encyclopedic article" page
> > where
> > things has to be presented by the book. It all depends on the project.
> >
> > If you want a blog, better go with a blog-friendly system. A blog-tool
> is
> > great for getting a message out quickly and discussing it. A wiki is an
> > incredibly strong collaborative working environment. Which do you want
> the
> > more? There's no reason both couldn't coexist, using CSS and some kind
> of
> > common structure.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Morten :-)
> >
> >
> > --
> > Morten Blaabjerg / Crews Cut Production
> > http://morten.crewscut.com
> > morten at crewscut.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Colleen Robledo" < colleenrobledo at gmail.com>
> > To: <mediawiki-l at wikimedia.org>
> > Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:37 PM
> > Subject: [Mediawiki-l] Incorporating blog-like "Comments"
> >
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I run an internal MediaWiki wiki for our company, and we're now
> looking
> > at
> > > using the software to develop a public wiki for our customers.  What
> my
> > > future team of public wiki admins would like, however, is for each
> > Article
> > > to include a blog-like Comments tool (comments form, and comments
> posts,
> > > all
> > > on the Article page) to encourage public discussion of each
> > Article.  They
> > > do not like the Discussion tab option because it breaks the
> conversation
> > > flow.
> > >
> > > Has anyone successfully used any type of plug-in for this type of
> > feature?
> > > Or do you have other suggestions?
> > >
> > > The other side of this request, is that they would like anyone (not
> just
> > > registered users) to be able to Comment, and for those Comments to be
> > able
> > > to sit in a moderation queue for approval.... in other words, exactly
> > what
> > > blogs do with Comments.
> > >
> > > Thank you!
> > >
> > > --
> > > Colleen Robledo
> > > http://www.colleenrobledo.info
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Colleen Robledo
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