Thread:Project:Support desk/Creating a Private Wiki with only the Main Namespace Viewable

I'd like to use Mediawiki with my class, and possibly a number of classes.

In short, I want to make a private wiki with all user (student) identity and activity to hidden, but have the Main namespace only remain readable by non-logged in users.

That also means locking down access to view file history, page history, special pages, etc..

This gives us all the power of internal collaboration of a private wiki, student safety, with our efforts being 'published' to the outside world.

I know Mediawiki says it's not designed to be a CMS, but if the only thing outside users can do is read the main namespace, then where are the holes? I feel like the right configuration (someone please help I'm not a programmer!) will make this work.

Thanks, Mark