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See [[MediaWiki extensions]] page about the extensions that '''are needed'''. Making modifications to the [[MediaWiki]] itself is no longer necessary as the extension system has been introduced. This is great news to us since we don't have to worry about keeping '''a modified MediaWiki''' current with the mediawiki proper development tree.
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.


MediaWiki has gained powerful features along the years since this R&D wiki was founded in 2003-03-10. These include: extra [[namespaces]], [[templates]] that will be used heavily to insert masses of [[categories]] onto articles, [[extensions]] and [[widgets]]
==MediaWiki-namespace==
This is a new feature in [[MediaWiki]]. It is a namespace for storing and accessing large number of short items quickly. All <nowiki>[[MediaWiki:]]</nowiki> 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.


===Lower priority===
For further information on this: [[m:Meta-Wikimedia:MediaWiki namespace]]
#<s>[[GetWiki]]-like "leech" feature - mirror whole [[GFDL corpus]] dynamically</s> - <font color="Green">[✔]</font> - '''See [[MediaWiki/extensions#LinkedWiki|LinkedWiki extension]] and [[MediaWiki/Extensions#Import WP|Import WP extension]] that implement most of this'''
#XML-import for feeds from other [[GFDL]] sources ''' <font color="Green"> - [✔] - </font> Implemented in core [[MediaWiki]] ( [[Special:Import]] ) since <unknown>
#Automatic coding for different user types: <font color="red">red==unintroduced</font>, <font color="green">green==Verified User</font> and <font color="blue">blue==Normal User</font>
#[[automatic stub generation]] ''' <font color="Green"> - [✔] - </font>Implemented partially by [[MediaWiki/extensions#HeaderFooter|HeaderFooter extension]], [[MediaWiki/extensions#Include WP|Include Wp extension]], [[MediaWiki/extensions#HideEmptySections|HideEmptySections extension]] and [[MediaWiki/extensions|Labelled Section Transclusion]]''' etc.


===See also:===
==Added namespaces==
*[[MediaWiki extensions]]
For [[Content Wiki]] to be managed well we need to have at least the following namespaces:
*[[Research Wiki]]
*Product
*[[Publish Wiki]]
*ProductGroup for [[product group]]s
*[[Verified User]]
*Company
*[[faction]] and tendency (describing one's own biases/assumptions)


[[Category:Deprecated]]
For the [[Opinion Wiki]] we need at least the following namespaces:
[[Category:MediaWiki]]
*Group
*VirtualGroup - virtual group is a group that is not a real world group, but usually an ad hoc action group to drive some [[campaign]] goals
*[[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 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.
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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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==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
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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 OR alternatively require their editorial approval before an edit is visible.
 
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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 [[vote]]s or [[score]]s
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