[Mediawiki-l] Need to restrict areas of a wiki by user

[Fernando Correia]

I'm too trying to implement this. There are some alternatives. None of them
seems sufficiently secure or user-friendly. Some have glaring holes. But
take a look:

*[ <http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Page_access_restriction_with_MediaWiki>
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Group_Based_Access_Control_Extension Group
Based Access Control Extension]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/PageProtection PageProtection]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/PageProtectionPlus PageProtectionPlus]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Page_access_restriction_with_MediaWiki Page
access restriction with MediaWiki] (see
[
http://conseil-recherche-innovation.net/index.php/1974/04/11/41-restrict-pages-under-mediawiki-15Restrict
pages under MediaWiki])
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hidden_pages Hidden pages]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/NamespacePermissions_Extension
NamespacePermissions
Extension]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:User_rights Help:User rights]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Setting_user_rights_in_MediaWikiHelp:Setting
user rights in MediaWiki]
*[http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Preventing_Access Preventing Access]