Notice that if you use LDAP for this (which really is a good idea),
you can pull the info into the wiki using the External Data extension:

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:External_Data#.23get_ldap_data_-_retrieve_data_from_LDAP_directory

On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Danese Cooper <dcoo...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Would we not just run an ldap server?  Its an open standard, afterall.
> How do you envision using a contact database?
>
> D
>
> On 3/2/10 5:47 PM, Makelesi Kora-Gonelevu wrote:
>> Hi everyone
>>
>> I've been asked to add a contacts database to a mediawiki site so that users
>> can search for contacts. It will be a simple database. I have no idea how to
>> start this. Do i just create a contacts database on the mysql server? And
>> then add a search box?
>>
>> I'm very new to MediaWiki but enjoying every minute of using it.
>>
>> Thanks Mak.
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