[open-science] Why do you use MediaWiki?

Wed Jan 21 07:04:03 UTC 2015

Hi,

I guess I'm going to be the only one against MediaWiki :-) The issue is
that unless you disable almost "everything" your site will have tons of
spam (be ready to sell Xanax ;-)). There is a long page in Mediawiki about
this issue: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam

Disabling editing to anyone (or going through loops to do an edit and
publish it) defeats the purpose of a Wiki, as the whole idea is that anyone
can edit it quickly (even without an account). At the end you will end up
installing a few extensions to validate account creations, disable editing
for anonymous, etc. If you are fine with it, then go for it :-) Otherwise,
look for other solutions (my last solution is to use a Github Pages with
Jekyll, the only issue with this solution is people need to know how to use
tools like Git).

Cheers,

Daniel

On Tue Jan 20 2015 at 21:18:39 Andrés Delgado <andres at delgado.ec> wrote:

> Ivan,
>
> Mediawiki is great when (1) you learn how to admin it first and (2)
> there is a bunch of users on your site. If you think some project will
> scale just because it is in a wiki, you are probably wrong. I have
> managed 2 project (one collaborative research for public policy and one
> law proposal) on mediawiki and I am not sure it was the best decision.
> Spam is a big problem and it could even create problems with your
> provider if it gets too big.
>
> Can we have some details on what you are planning?
>
> On 20/01/15 07:56, Ivan Ferrero wrote:
> > Hi all!
> >
> > I'm planning a collaborative open website and I'm confused about which
> > platform to use.
> >
> > I think a Wiki would be the best option.
> >
> > I always hear about the MediaWiki platform: why?
> >
> > There are many other Wiki platforms with more features and more
> > friendly, i.e.: TikiWiki.
> >
> > AFAK MediaWiki is very little mobile friendly, no Social Networks
> > connections, and very little aesthetics.
> >
> > At the opposite softwares like TikiWiki (just to name the one
> > I analyzed the most: no ads here!) come with features like blog,
> > forum, points and stars to reward the members, etc...
> >
> > So why I always read about MediaWiki?
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> > Ivan
> >
> >
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>
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