James,
Why would you need to implement this kind of solution in the software?
In our wiki we have pages, which are usually edited by just one or a few
people, but we do this simply out of agreement - just like it's consensus
not to edit other people's userpages on Wikipedia. Sometimes the best
solutions are the ones where the technical stuff doesn't get in the way. I
find wikis to be so strong (contrary to most CMS-systems), because it relies
so heavily on trusting users to figure out not just to input the content of
the wiki, but also to figure out amongst themselves, collaboratively, how to
organize the content, along the way as they go.
Just my 2 cents.
Best wishes,
Morten
http://morten.crewscut.com
morten(a)crewscut.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Mohr" <mediawiki(a)jimmo.com>
To: <mediawiki-l(a)wikimedia.org>
Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] How to set up page owners
On Thursday 07 September 2006 13:07, Brion Vibber
wrote:
James Mohr wrote:
I would to set up a system where each page has an
owner. This owner can
then assign access rights to the page.
I would highly recommend against trying to use MediaWiki as a base for
this
sort of permissions system. It will be a lot of work and will probably
have
security holes.
I strongly, strongly, strongly recommend first looking for a wiki or CMS
which supports your requirements before you throw away a lot of effort
trying to bend MediaWiki into something it's not.
-- brion vibber (brion @
pobox.com)
Hi Brion!
Coming from you, that recommendation definately means a lot and it is
definately something to consider. On the other hand, it is always nice to
limit the number of systems/software packages one has to administer. It
might
be worth staying with a single wiki/CMS system and to say right up front
that
only the owner of the page can edit it, thus limiting and potential holes
(i.e. if ( UserID = OwnerID) then ...). However, it is definately food for
thought.
Another thing to consider is that open source projects allow you to bend
them
into something they're not, or at least something that wasn't planned for
at
the outset. That's one of the really nice things about open source.
Regards,
jimmo
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