<snip> > > The import/export component of this proposal is the gem. > > > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Interoperability_%28Wiki-to-Wiki_interoperability%29 > > Also if we are going to have 'fork' wikis, and we ignore the 'wiki for > kids' component of your proposal, we would probably want to have > 'missing' articles in the PersonalWiki link through to the forked > wiki, which is what this proposal is all about. > > > http://strategy.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposal:Wikiversity_%26_Wikipedia_sharing_articles > > A simple way to set up a 'fork' wiki is to allow users to import into > their userspace, and add some security so that users can't edit each > others userspace. Then every user has their own personal area to host > forks, all in one wiki so that the administrative workload is less . > However this can also be achieved on Wikipedia; copy an article into > your userspace and it is unlikely to be edited by anyone else. > > -- > John Vandenberg > > I'm not sure, but is this MediaWiki extension called "Push" that was announced just yesterday relevant to that issue (or even supersedes it)? http://blog.bn2vs.com/2010/12/15/new-mediawiki-extension-push/ >From the announcement:
"...Push <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Push>, it enables you to push content of wiki pages to one or more other MediaWiki installs. *The main features are:* - Pushing page content to other wikis via a tab on the page. - Bulk push via Special:Push. - Remote authentication support. - Automatic transfer of included files. - Support for ApprovedRevs<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Approved_Revs>. If there is an approved revision, it will be pushed, if not, the latest one is pushed. - AdminLinks <http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Admin_Links>integration. - Usage of the new MediaWiki Resource Loader<http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Resource_loader>when available with backward support for MW 1.16.x. Best, -Liam wittylama.com/blog Peace, love & metadata
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