Declan -- In the case of a pre-existing page -- the user is given a warning that the page exists. However, for a newbie this is an easy oversight and sometimes a page is overwritten. Fortunately -- in the wiki environment, mistakes are easily corrected with a revert <smile>.
What you could do is include a category in the template generator to identify new pages created. This way you would be able to see what pages your students have created -- and check that they have not overwritten existing pages. Once you confirm that its a valid page -- you could remove the category. Also - you may find these instructions useful - now that you have the basic idea working: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Inputbox. Any other thoughts from the Wikimasters out there? Cheers Wayne On Jan 21, 7:04 pm, Declan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So based on Leigh's template > generatorhttp://www.wikieducator.org/Otago_Polytechnic#Otago_Template_Generator > I made my own:http://www.wikieducator.org/Contributors_page > > I was wondering what would happen if my students just happened to > reuse an existing page name (it could happen). Well, it turns out > that the template generator is overridden and sends you to the edit > page of the preexisting page. This is a slight problem because it may > not be recognized as an existing page by the user attempting to make > the new page. > > So questions: > 1. Is this easily fixable for the wiki wizards? > 2. Is it worth fixing (what are the chances that this will be a > frequent problem)? > > I have placed a note in my template that should act as a flag for my > students, but it is certainly not fool proof. > > Cheers, > > Declan --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to wikieducator@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
