On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:49 AM, Verhoeven, Peter <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > > > In our Wiki roadmap we are going to move away from Mediawike. > > Most important feature missing is compartment authorization and searching in > scopes. About search: the situation is getting better in Semantic MediaWiki world: teams are developing extensions that enable faceted search, where you can refine your search with categories and properties.
What is compartment authorization, I tried to google it but don't understand that yet. > Also too much IT resources are needed for upgrades. > > > > The status of extensions and the compatibility with different versions is > unclear and a lot of things do not work smoothly with the Windows platform. The compatibility and stability of the extensions is the thing that can can change for good this year, I hope. Do you create bugreports about not working features on Windows? Windows is definitely an exotic platform for any php software but I remember that Ontoprise company specialised on MediaWiki-based software that was run exactly on Windows. > Regards, > > Peter Verhoeven > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Mariya Nedelcheva Miteva > Sent: donderdag 7 februari 2013 16:11 > To: MediaWiki for enterprises > Subject: [Mediawiki-enterprise] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] Comparisons to Confluence > (was Minimalist MediaWiki? (was Re: Merge Vector extension into core)) > > > > A discussion on wikitech-l you might find interesting. > > > > Mariya > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Jeroen De Dauw <[email protected]> > Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:37 PM > Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] Comparisons to Confluence (was Minimalist > MediaWiki? (was Re: Merge Vector extension into core)) > To: Wikimedia developers <[email protected]> > > > Hey, > > > For corporate adoption, the main thing MediaWiki needs is not some >> particular feature. It needs to be supported. It needs an organisation >> with people who will care if corporate users are screwed over by a >> change. It needs community management, so that the features needed by >> corporate users will be discoverable and well-maintained, rather than >> developed privately, over and over. And it needs the smallest nudge of >> promotion, on top of what Wikipedia fans are doing for it. Say, a >> nice-looking website aimed at this user base. >> >> This is not something WMF is interested in doing, that has been made >> extremely clear in the last year. >> > > Agree, I also think this is the main issue, and know other people active > with MW outside WMF think the same. > > Cheers > > -- > Jeroen De Dauw > http://www.bn2vs.com > Don't panic. Don't be evil. > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > > > > This message and attachment(s) are intended solely for use by the addressee > and may contain information that is privileged, confidential or otherwise > exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended > recipient or agent thereof responsible for delivering this message to the > intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you > have received this communication in error, please notify the sender > immediately by telephone and with a 'reply' message. Thank you for your > co-operation. > > _______________________________________________ > Mediawiki-enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-enterprise > _______________________________________________ Mediawiki-enterprise mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-enterprise
