[Mediawiki-l] PageSecurity and 1.9

[Air Force CGOC Webmaster]

Rob Church wrote:
> On 27/01/07, Fernando Correia <fernandoacorreia at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> I think this exchange of ideas is very good. I hope it can evolve and help
>> create a really secure  access control system for MediaWiki.
>>     
>
> (sigh)
>
> Don't use a wiki if you want a secure access-controlled environment.
> Use a proper CMS or a document management system.
>
>
> Rob Church
>   
I'm definitely not looking for a super secure access-controlled 
environment.  I'm building a public web page with multiple editors, and 
want to prevent those editors from accidentally or intentionally 
overwriting portions of the site they aren't responsible for.  The Wiki 
platform is perfect for what we want, with an extension like 
PageSecurity (which unfortunately is not available for 1.9 yet) or Group 
Based Access Control (which I'm looking at now) to provide basic editing 
protection.

I'm definitely learning a lot from this debate - thanks for the info!


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