Last modified: 2011-03-13 18:06:12 UTC
Feature request: When a user is logged in, their edits to the base content are only visible to them. Users can allow their edits to be publicly visible if desired (and the site admin enables this). Content pages would show how many publicly available user edits are previewable (to see a users' "public view enabled" content pages, and the diffs etc). Sysop edits to base content may cause conflicts, however the user will have access to the old base content and their revision. It's encouraged they migrate their changes to the current revision, but they don't have to. If visitors have cookies enabled (and the site admin enables this), visitors can see their own edits. However, they are encouraged to login or create an account to merge the changes into their profile. Diffs would be pinned against the revision they made it to. If they have existing diffs, the newest modify date takes presidence. For example, when two edits are made against the any revision, the most recent saved edit is visible. This really only takes effect because anonymous users may or may not have existing accounts. When their edits are merged between accounts, this is how it's resolved. If I'm not making any sense, please ask for clarification. This feature will allow posted content on my sites to be annotated by users. They can elect to retain privacy on their edits, or expose them for public view. Thank you.
(In reply to comment #0) > Feature request: When a user is logged in, their edits to the base content are only visible to > them. I forsee many problems. MediaWiki has not been designed for that. First at all, MediaWiki has been designed for use with the free-for all Wikipedia. As far as I know, this is the basic underlying concept. Many have asked for "secret" or "closed user group" pages, but - afaik - the majority of developers see only problems in that and have no spare time to develop such an extensions at the moment. One of the problems: the wiki search engine. Will it index and display (= reveal) the page contents to any user ?
The search engine should only return results for items you'd have access to. If you're not logged in, a tip could say you can search your private content after you login. > (paraphrased) Developers have no spare time to develop such an extension at the moment. I'd like to see it implemented in some later version. I don't have my heart set on any specific version or release. Thanks.
Not suitable to wiki model or MediaWiki, will never be implemented.
