[Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden THURNER rupert
hi, frederic proposed, that projects should have a possibility to use our wiki(s) and anyway hide information from the general public. an example would be lists of persons to contact with phone numbers. the ideal case would be a wiki which supports access control lists, like http://moinmo.in/Help

Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Nico Ray
Hi, I would be in favoir of the first option, which, as far as I know, is the one in place for other local chapters (fr at least) Nico - Message d'origine - De: THURNER rupert Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:59:47 +0100 Sujet: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for member

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2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden emmanuel
Le mer 25/02/09 09:59, "THURNER rupert" rupert.thur...@wikimedia.ch a écrit: > 1. http://members.wikimedia.ch a dedicated members wiki, somebody does theh user registration as long > there is no automatic way The best choice IMO. Works good at Wikimedia France. Emmanuel ___

Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Manuel Schneider
I like to mention that WM CH already _had_ a members wiki for around two years and it was abandoned, that's why we restructured the sites how they are now. This was a board decision. Am Mittwoch, 25. Februar 2009 10:43:55 schrieb Nico Ray: > Hi, > > I would be in favoir of the first option, whi

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2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Frederic Schutz
emman...@engelhart.org wrote: > Le mer 25/02/09 09:59, "THURNER rupert" rupert.thur...@wikimedia.ch a écrit: >> 1. http://members.wikimedia.ch > a dedicated members wiki, somebody does theh user registration as long >> there is no automatic way > > The best choice IMO. > Works good at Wikimedia

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2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden emmanuel
Le mer 25/02/09 11:26, Frederic Schutz frederic.sch...@wikimedia.ch a écrit: > - this does not allow to easily provide access to non-members who are > interested in contributing to a particular project (if someone is > motivated to contribute, it probably does not make sense to force him > to beco

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2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Michael Bimmler
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:42 AM, wrote: >  Le mer 25/02/09 11:26, Frederic Schutz frederic.sch...@wikimedia.ch a écrit: >> - this does not allow to easily provide access to non-members who are >> interested in contributing to a particular project (if someone is >> motivated to contribute, it pro

Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Ilario Valdelli
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Manuel Schneider wrote: > > I like to mention that WM CH already _had_ a members wiki for around two years > and it was abandoned, that's why we restructured the sites how they are now. > This was a board decision. > What Manuel has said is correct and I hope to

Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Patrick Kenel
Good summary, Ilario. My question: Why is it difficult with Mediawiki? Patrick > Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 12:11:51 +0100 > From: valde...@gmail.com > To: wikimediach-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Subject: Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members? > > On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 11:20 AM, Manuel Sch

Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Frederic Schutz
Patrick Kenel wrote: > Good summary, Ilario. My question: Why is it difficult with Mediawiki? Because Mediawiki was developed for open-access projects such as Wikipedia, which does require only very little control access for reading (e.g. deletion, oversight). Several extensions have been create

Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Ilario Valdelli
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Frederic Schutz wrote: > > Because Mediawiki was developed for open-access projects such as > Wikipedia, which does require only very little control access for > reading (e.g. deletion, oversight). > This is correct. Which is the difference between a Wiki and a

Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Nico Ray
Maybe it's the good time to take two real-life examples : * I got by mail the name and phone from somebody at the Chancelleries' of Vaud who is the contact person for us in the frame of having official pictures published on a free license. My problem is the following : I don't feel about publis

Re: [Wikimediach-l] "private" wiki for members?

2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden Ilario Valdelli
On Wed, Feb 25, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Nico Ray wrote: > > In both cases, I don't really care whenever the publishing web site is a > Wiki, a CMS, a blog or whatever else... I just would like to ensure a minimum > of security and data protection, together with the freedom and ability for > all concer

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2009-02-25 Diskussionsfäden emmanuel
Le mer 25/02/09 11:55, "Michael Bimmler" mbimm...@gmail.com a écrit: > > This is not really great to speak about this topic > again this year... but what I can say is that this decision to make a > member only wiki was by Wikimedia France a good one an the most efficient > to help members to work