[PLUG] Recommended Wiki software?

[Paul Johnson]

On Wednesday 01 December 2004 9:12 pm, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> I have been using perl-based Kwiki-Kwiki for a few wikis on my sites.
> One of the features of Kwiki is "AnonymousGnome" - this is how you 
> are identified until you set your preferences (which puts a cookie
> on your machine).  A lot of people forget, and so you find lots of
> pages written by "AnonymousGnome" and no way to contact the author.

Most wiki software has anonymous editing by default.

> So ... I am wondering about alternative wiki implementations, 
> preferably with a login and (flimsy) password, to remind people
> to login and to raise the bar for wiki spam.  I realize that this
> is not in the anarchic spirit of most wikis, but nobody says it has
> to be your real name, right?

Still likely to be a barrier for entry for some people who otherwise 
have something legitimate to contribute.

> What alternatives are people familiar with?  I would prefer 
> Perl-based, as I understand that better than Python, but if it is easy 
> to install and fairly full-featured, I will consider almost anything. 

I use mediawiki myself.

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Paul Johnson
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