Hi Nav,
To me, having the "author" of an article be the only one to edit it
seems like an arms race - first one there wins! So the only way to do
it reasonably is to either use a naming convention, or have a real
person manage who is the "author" of a page (which further requires
storing "author" information in some way).
That said, one use case that's similar to the one you describe is
where users may not edit eachother's user pages. For this I have
created the KeepYourHandsToYourself Extension[1].
Along the same lines, you may want to restrict editorship to only a
user's own pages. The use case for that might be a single-editor
website where you allow registered users to modify their own pages,
but don't want them messing with regular site conent. For that I've
made the EditOnlyYourOwnPage Extension[2].
Good luck!
[1]
http://jimbojw.com/wiki/index.php?title=KeepYourHandsToYourself_Extension
[2]
http://jimbojw.com/wiki/index.php?title=EditOnlyYourOwnPage_Extension
-- Jim R. Wilson (jimbojw)
On 10/18/07, Dave Sigafoos <davesigafoos(a)sanmar.com> wrote:
There is a real push back on the idea of any
"protection" as MW is
designed with Wikipeida and the other Wiki* projects in mind.
There are some extensions available which add a level of *security* ...
BUT you must know that security is in the mind of the beholder. If
someone has a basic level of connection to your system it is possible
that they can hack into other bits (you can't stop and dishonest person
.. only keep an honest person honest :)
Take a look at the extension pages and see if there is something there
that will work. I believe I remember seeing something like that
available.
DSig
David Tod Sigafoos | SANMAR Corporation
PICK Guy
206-770-5585
davesigafoos(a)sanmar.com
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:mediawiki-l-bounces@lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Nav Ail
Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2007 8:03
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Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] Only article authors can edit their articles
Well, I need a combination of functionalities - somethings may/need to
be edited by all, but some - only by the correspondent creators.
Do you mean that the current MediaWiki doesn't support such a behavior?
Daniel Barrett <danb(a)VistaPrint.com> wrote: You are actually asking,
"How do I make MediaWiki not be a wiki?"
It sounds like MediaWiki is the wrong tool for your purposes.
DanB
-----Original Message-----
Is it possible to setup Mediwiki so that only a person who creates an
article to be able to edit that corresponding article and that it is
locked for others?
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