You could try DumpHTML and then have a chron task to copy the selected
outputs to a area where areas can access them

On 30 December 2017 at 09:40, Bryan Hilderbrand <bry...@tegnosis.wiki> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks for all the responses.  I suppose I'll try the Collection extension
> for now unless someone knows of a slick solution.
>
> Martin, I agree about a Wiki not being a CMS and I'm not thrilled to be
> trying to limit access, but it's only a really small subset of the
> articles.  I am running MW1.28 though, so it appears the Lockdown extension
> isn't available to me (it has been updated to show unmaintained vs. stable
> now, I'm guessing after someone read this thread).
>
> Chris and John, I've found it to actually be a blessing that it isn't
> straightforward to provide discrete access control in an enterprise Wiki.
> If it were easy, what would the ideal lockdown strategy be?  Engineering
> might propose one, R&D another, marketing a third.  The fact that in
> general, for a private enterprise Wiki, everyone has to use the same "silo
> of information" ends up being a huge win for the company.  At least in my
> experience :)
>
> Thanks again!
> Bryan
>
> On Tue, Dec 26, 2017 at 5:05 PM, kghbln <mediaw...@kghoffmeyer.de> wrote:
>
>> Yes, but the info box also states 1.23 - 1.26. So there is a version
>> constraint for stable. This is however just a side note.
>>
>> I believe the extension as such is "fixed" now however MediaWiki core
>> has an issue since REL1_27 that makes it not working at a 100 percent.
>> I am on my knees begging for a fix for a year now. However I am one of
>> the very few so there is no real "pressure" apart from the fact that it
>> is among the most popular extensions. Toi, toi, toi ... Sadly I am not
>> able to propose a change-set myself since I lack the knowledge to do
>> so.
>>
>> Do not get me wrong: A) If one needs 100% only a separate wiki instance
>> will help. B) Lockdown already covers a lot in most use cases in an
>> acceptable manner so A was not required in most cases I have
>> encountered so far.
>>
>> Cheers Karsten
>>
>>
>> Am Dienstag, den 26.12.2017, 22:42 +0000 schrieb Martin Urbanec:
>> > Heff, ok, thanks then. It is propagated as "stable" at it's MediaWiki
>> > page...
>> >
>> > Martin
>> >
>> > út 26. 12. 2017 v 23:39 odesílatel chris tharp <tharpena...@gmail.com
>> > >
>> > napsal:
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Martin,
>> > >
>> > > A quick note: The Lockdown extension has not worked since Mediawiki
>> > > 1.26.
>> > > If I’m not mistaken almost all the access restriction extensions no
>> > > longer
>> > > work (several of the older extensions, like Lockdown & SemanticACL,
>> > > were
>> > > good at access restrictions). The philosophy that a wiki must be
>> > > totally
>> > > open, regardless of the needs of many, especially Enterprise users,
>> > > seems
>> > > to have a firm hold on the mind-set of Mediawiki developers.
>> > >
>> > > Sent from my iPad
>> > >
>> > > >
>> > > > On Dec 26, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Martin Urbanec <martin.urbanec@wikim
>> > > > edia.cz>
>> > > wrote:
>> > > >
>> > > >
>> > > > Just a note, because it may not be clear from what I written
>> > > > above. This
>> > > > will require a) having the shared content public b) having the
>> > > > external
>> > > > users accounts on the wiki. I beleive that you was asked for
>> > > > account-removing because they should not have access to the
>> > > > entrie wiki,
>> > > > but only to limited subset of pages. The extension Lockdown
>> > > > allows you to
>> > > > accomplish such thing.
>> > > >
>> > > > Martin
>> > > >
>> > > > út 26. 12. 2017 v 23:17 odesílatel Martin Urbanec <
>> > > > martin.urba...@wikimedia.cz> napsal:
>> > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Hello,
>> > > > >
>> > > > > just a info: MediaWiki is not a CMS but a Wiki. This may be not
>> > > > > 100%
>> > > > > secure but it should work. You may want to have a look at
>> > > > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Lockdown .
>> > > > >
>> > > > > Best,
>> > > > > Martin Urbanec
>> > > > > (cs.wikipedia)
>> > > > >
>> > > > > út 26. 12. 2017 v 22:39 odesílatel Bryan Hilderbrand
>> > > <bry...@tegnosis.wiki>
>> > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > napsal:
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Hi all,
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I have a question that may be similar to G. Moko's post on
>> > > > > > December
>> > > 19th
>> > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > regarding "Dump of Recent Changes".
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I have a private enterprise wiki that currently has some
>> > > > > > external users
>> > > > > > that have been granted read-only access. I have been asked to
>> > > > > > remove
>> > > these
>> > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > external users from the wiki, but they need access to some of
>> > > > > > the
>> > > content.
>> > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > What is the best way to handle this? Extensions? Separate
>> > > > > > wiki that
>> > > > > > automatically updates from the main using dumps (like G.
>> > > > > > Moko's post)
>> > > and
>> > > >
>> > > > >
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > some filtering (flagged pages, etc.)?
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I'm considering adding the collection extension [1]. The
>> > > > > > content that
>> > > > > > needs
>> > > > > > to be shared could be added and maintained by the collection
>> > > > > > and
>> > > > > > daily/weekly pdf books could be distributed (possibly via
>> > > > > > Dropbox).
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > I welcome any thoughts on or suggestions.  Thanks!
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > Regards,
>> > > > > > Bryan
>> > > > > >
>> > > > > > [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Collection
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