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. A similar page exists for each other wiki code option.
It's presently being debated. See Features and Consumerium Services for the more stable list that motivates these requests.
corpus coherence
The interwiki link standard (very minor change), interwiki identity standard and other features on list here which also lists other features like Simple English and Symbolwiki conventions that simplify the UI, very important for worn devices, and other things that can be done without code modification.
interwiki link standard
Without this, your namespaces aren't coherent across Consumerium Services:
MediaWiki-namespace
This is a new feature in MediaWiki. It is a namespace for storing and accessing large number of short items quickly. All [[MediaWiki:]] entries are stored in RAM and can be modified on the fly by sysops. MediaWiki-namespace items have the possibility to use variable-subsitution which is really useful for displaying campaign stats in Opinion Wiki articles among other things.
For further information on this: m:Meta-Wikimedia:MediaWiki namespace
Added namespaces
For Content Wiki to be managed well we need to have at least the following namespaces:
- Product
- ProductGroup for product groups
- Company
- faction and tendency (describing one's own biases/assumptions)
For the Opinion Wiki we need at least the following namespaces:
moving articles between wikis
standard wiki URI
Without this, you aren't sure that you're coordinating two articles about the same thing.
Content autogeneration
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.
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
interwiki identity standard
Without this, you can't keep track of who is who in the various wikis, or do:
permission-based model
as per convention, use links in titles only if the page MUST be read to understand what follows
These features are controversial, and maybe already in tikiwiki:
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
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
Privilege management
For Opinion Wiki we need totally new code to manage the addition, modification and removal of usergroups who can be granted arbitrary priveleges (at present there is only 'developer', 'sysop' and 'blocked IP' status). Mediawiki stores both article privileges and user privileges as a comma-separated list, so it's not much to hack this
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 OR alternatively require their editorial approval before an edit is visible.