From: Alder Green <alder.green@...>
Date: 2006-10-25T17:23:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Recommendations for a Ruby Wiki, preferably with bidi support?

On 10/25/06, Rick DeNatale <rick.denatale@gmail.com> wrote:
> You might have a look at mediawiki.  It's quite full-functioned (it's
> what runs wikipedia).

Indeed, and apparently also the Hebrew version of Wikipedia
(he.wikipedia.org), so its Hebrew support is excellent.

> For PHP code it's also quite well structured.

Good to know. Most of the people who might be willing to hack on the
Wiki code have some PHP experience. I'd much prefer Ruby, but
well-structured PHP takes out some of the sting ;-)

> The one thing which some find lacking in mediawiki is a sophisticated
> permissions system.  But folks looking for that should probably be
> looking at a CMS rather than a wiki.  You can set up mediawiki to
> require registration before editing, and there are a few roles for
> administration vs. contributors.

Can you recommend any Wiki that has a more advanced permission system
(yet not necessarily as capable as a CMS's)?

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> Rick DeNatale
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