[Mediawiki-l] MediaWiki sample implementation as document repository

[Ivan Lanin]

Thanks. I finally told him to look specifically for document
management software :(

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Ivan Lanin


On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:48 AM, Daniel Barrett <danb at vistaprint.com> wrote:
> MediaWiki is a fantastic wiki, but it is TERRIBLE for document management.
>
> In a real document management system, here is how you edit a document:
>
> 1. Click the document, locking it from edits by other users
> 2. Edit it
> 3. Save it
>
> It's that simple. In MediaWiki, it looks like this, EVERY time you need to edit:
>
> 1. Download the document to your PC.
> 2. Edit it.
> 3. Save it.
> 4. Browse to the MediaWiki upload page
> 5. Upload it, using the same File:xxxxx name as the original document (assuming you remember it)
> 6. Panic, when you realize someone else uploaded the same document a few minutes before you did, and you just wiped out their changes without realizing.
>
> MediaWiki is not a content management system.  It's just an amazing wiki.
>
> DanB