How to use a WIKI THREAD

[LordEntrails]

Something I've just encountered: Two people editing a wiki thread at the same time ... my edit got lost while the other person's got saved. Luckily I was able to hit back on the browser window and copy/paste my text and then go through and add it back in.

I've been waiting for this to happen. Figured it was inevitable.

 

[CapnZapp]

Feedback on the wikithread system now that I have practical experience:

#1 It's great. Thanks!

#2 Page history is only available to the thread starter. Any particular reason why?

I get that the revert functionality is restricted. But why is even readonly access to previous versions denied other contributors?

#3 Only the thread starter can see previous versions, and so his work is safe even if overwritten. Other editors must either ask the threadstarter (for a copy of a previous version) or save private copies of their contributions.

Any chance the threadstarter can "approve" a certain version, so everybody can then look at (=access in readonly mode) that version even if later overwritten? (This allows people to use that version's text without asking the threadstarter - saving private copies of every version of every wiki thread is a no-go)

Again thanks for the useful functionality.

 

[Morrus]

That's a good idea. It'd be a shame if a wiki thread got vandalised and the thread starter wasn't around any more to revert it. I'll look into that.

 

[hardware_joe]