[pmwiki-users] Drafts, moderated wikis, and PITS 00755

Stirling Westrup sti at pooq.com
Fri Mar 30 23:03:17 CDT 2007


Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 30, 2007 at 10:14:34PM -0500, Patrick R. Michaud wrote:
> 
> 1.  Introduce a "publish" authorization level, so that "edit" authorization
>     is sufficient to create and update drafts, and "publish" is required to
>     save to the original page.
> 
> 2.  Introduce a "draft" authorization level, so that "edit" authorization
>     is required to save to the original page, and "draft" is sufficient to
>     create or update drafts.
> 
> 3.  Use a third central page that uses its edit password to define "publish
>     authority" for other pages.

> Does either approach seem more 'natural'?

#2 would seem to be the most natural when trying to retrofit this system onto
an existing wiki. Both #1 and #2 seem equally easy when starting a new wiki,
so I guess I'd vote for #2.




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