OT: best FOSS wiki for this classroom scenario?

[Volker Wysk]

Hi Little Girl!

Am Donnerstag, den 20.02.2020, 08:00 -0500 schrieb Little Girl:
> Hey there,
> 
> M. Fioretti wrote:
> 
> > I have been asked to install, on an AWS instance running Linux, a
> > wiki for a few classes of a private school. Requirements are
> > simple,
> > I just welcome some advice as to which FOSS wiki is best for this
> > specific scenario:
> 
> I wouldn't say that this is OT. The Ubuntu wiki uses MoinMoin, so
> that's what I've been using for my personal wiki.

I'm using it as a personal wiki, too.


> > - < 50 users total (students, teachers, admins)
> > 
> > - bulk user creation by syadmin
> > 
> > - support for separate user groups, with supervisors. By default,
> > the
> >  pages created by any student of a class should be visible only to
> >  other students and teachers of the same class, each student should
> >  also be able to set her pages in private mode (i.e. permission
> > 700,
> >  using Linux conventions), and only see/comment (but NOT edit or
> >  delete) the pages of other students of the same class. And the
> >  teacher of each class, of course, should be able to
> >  read/write/change all pages of that class.
> 
> These three are covered on this page: http://moinmo.in/UserManagement
>   
> > - organize pages in folders/subfolders
> 
> This is covered on this page: http://moinmo.in/HelpOnEditing/SubPages
> 
> > - visual/GUI page editor
> 
> This is covered on this page: http://moinmo.in/HelpOnGraphicalEditor
> 
> I don't use the GUI editor, so I have no experience with it, but
> others here probably do.

I use the GUI editor in parallel to the text editor. The GUI editor is
useful for simple tasks, but it's buggy.

> > - optional: page history
> 
> If you go to the "Actions Toolbar" section on this page, the "Info"
> entry is about the page history: http://moinmo.in/HelpOnNavigation
> 
> > Mediawiki seems a real overkill, I am looking at dokuwiki right
> > now,
> > but other suggestions are really welcome!

You will know what is appropriate only after you have used it for a
while (if this is applicable for your case). You better prepare to back
out when it doesn't match your requirements. Try out everything you
need.

In my case, I wouldn't go for MoinMoin again. It's too buggy, and it
has no database integration, which I would use if I could. (I'm not
saying that this is a general feature of wikis.)

> I have no experience with either of those, so I don't know which
> of the three would be most efficient or powerful, etc. I can tell you
> that you can install MoinMoin from the Ubuntu repositories or without
> installing it at all (desktop mode). You can also use it online (like
> the Ubuntu wiki) or keep it private and only for your own use:
> 
> http://moinmo.in/DesktopEdition
> 
> I had initially grabbed a copy of it to learn MoinMoin so I'd know
> how to edit Ubuntu wiki pages, but I quickly discovered that I liked
> how it organized information, so I kept it and have used it for years
> as my private wiki. Now I wouldn't want to be without it.

Same here. :-)

Bye,
Volker