MediaWiki modifications

This page is for discussing and defining the modifications/patches that we need to make to the MediaWiki software to enable running Content Wiki and Opinion Wiki

Added namespaces

For Content Wiki to be managed well we need to have at least the following namespaces:

• Product
• ProductGroup
• Company

For the Opinion Wiki we need at least the following namespaces:

• Group
• VirtualGroup
• Campaign

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Article signing

The software has to be extended to enable organisations and individuals to sign any version of any article in the Content Wiki with GnuPG or other keys. This is essential to maintain the integrity of the recorded information. Some people may want to see the live wiki, understanding the possible hazards in it, but most will likely want some level of assurance from authorative parties on the correctness of the information

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Content autogenration

We need to have a module for generating and identifying information coming from the Consumerium Vault, wherein information is verified by staff. Also reacting to editing of autogenrated content (if made possible) has to be dealt with.

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Article creation restrictions

For Opinion Wiki we need to restrict the creation of Group-articles to only those entities that are registered in and verified by the Vault

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Privilige management

For Opinion Wiki we need totally new code to manage the addition, modification and removal of usergroups

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Editing restrictions

For the Opinion Wiki we need to manage restriction of editing of certain articles and subarticles to certain users belonging to designed usergroups

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Middleware connection with Opinion Wiki edits

Edits to the Opinion Wiki have to be screened by middleware software to update the composite view of the wiki eg. changes in votes or scores