On 09/05/12 23:55, Turnbough, Bradley E. wrote: > On 09/05/12 23:05, Turnbough, Bradley E. wrote: >> Hello, >> >> Version 1.14 MediaWiki > > Why are you using such old version? > > ---Because it's stable and I don't need any of the features in a newer > version. > We're operating a business that relies on wiki's and there is no need or want > to upgrade it right now.
It is known to have security issues. And almost on any issue/incompatibility you encounter, you'll be asked to upgrade first. It's your call, though. > ---Because these are legal documents/articles and they can't be altered. Heh, I wouldn't have called my legal team 'DrawingQuality' > On top of that, I have thousands of users. I can't constantly effectively > communicate "don't edit page, x, y, z, w, m, l, p,.....etc". People usually use a template on the top of the page saying "This page is a legal document approved by the Elomin Council. Do not change this page without approval of the almighty CEO if you don't want to suffer a slow and painful death" (or some equivalent internal wording ;) ) > Also, I can't pay folks to constantly watch articles for changes. The Watchlist and Related changes tools make easy to detect changes on such kind of not-to-be-changed documents. > If auditors show up at the door and want to see the info, >do YOU have time to revert back unapproved changes? I certainly don't. FlaggedRevs may be more appropiate for your needs. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:FlaggedRevs _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
