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[Jefsey]

I am a user of the mediawiki softwares to build specialized SQLite 
wikis - as a user/author personal management tool/interface/blog, 
etc. that can be replicated for back-up and convenience on several 
machines. I run this way several hundred of thematics or friends' 
sites I name "bliks" ("live book in line"). This allows 
publishing/maintaining documentation/debate/research/local 
pages/personal positions/etc. without being limited by the wikipedic neutrality

I am asked to make it a product that friends and cities could use. 
The way I manage the farm of them calls for one hour or two to set 
one bliks with all the basic pages, images, etc. I am willing to 
consider a deployment package on an USB key or as part of an extended 
LAMP installation.

However, this should be rationalized to integrate it with other 
non-mediawiki features. So, I would be interested in knowing  (sorry 
for the number of questions) :

- if someone has attempted such a project already ?
- where could I find a simple (images included) comprehensive 
description of the mediawiki software system architecture ?
- if there is a place where every command made possible by 
main/extensions solutions and the corresponding PHP tool(s) are 
listed and introduced - or how should I proceed to build such a reference ?
- if there were attempts to use functional programming to support the 
mediawiki core (server side) instead of PHP ? This must is to stay 
fully compatible with the mediwiki page format.
- if there is a reliable way to protect access/write rights on single 
pages (so no one else than a specific authorized user can update a page ?)
- last but not least: would there be some interested in sharing in my 
project (on/outside of this list) ?

Thank you of your help
jfcm