Extension:Wikilog/Features

Some of the most important Wikilog features:


 * Multiple blogs/wikilogs: There is no limit to the number of wikilogs that can be hosted in a single MediaWiki+Wikilog installation.  New wikilogs are created by simply creating a new page in a specific namespace.  There is no need to modify the wiki configuration in order to create new wikilogs.
 * Multiple namespaces: Usually, only one wikilog namespace is enough, but the extension still allows the wiki administrator to configure as many different namespaces as necessary to contain wikilogs.  This allows some degree of flexibility in configuration.  For example, one namespace for informal user blogs and another for official site news.
 * Wiki familiarity: Wikilogs and wikilog articles are just wiki pages with some added functionality.  This means that all features available to wiki pages are automatically available to wikilogs too.  This includes: wiki syntax, edit history, multiple categories, talk pages, page protection, etc.  It is possible to make some creative use of these features with wikilogs; for example, a wiki family can have sibling wikilogs in different languages, linked together via Manual:interwiki links.
 * Multiple authors per article: In most blog software, posts are usually written by a single author.  Wiki software, on the other hand, is all about collaborative writing.  Wikilog follows the wiki philosophy and allows articles to be written and signed by multiple authors.  All authors are listed together in the resulting article.
 * Enhanced commenting interface: Standard MediaWiki talk pages are very flexible in terms of the allowed formatting, but at the same time they are completely unstructured.  They are very far from being user-friendly.  Most blog software, on the other hand, provide a simple and straightforward article commenting interface that allows visitors to leave comments without much hassle.  Wikilog enhances its articles talk pages with a commenting interface that is similar to blogs, in that visitors are more comfortable in leaving comments, but also familiar to wiki users, in that discussion threading is supported.

(this list is incomplete)