In this chapter, we saw that there is more to running a MediaWiki site than writing good content. As our wiki grows and we add users, we will have to decide what we will allow our users to do on the wiki. We learned that through proper management of the user groups, we can take away privileges and provide users with extra privileges.
By default, MediaWiki is rather restrictive in what type of files it allows us to upload. However, to be a truly collaborative site, we may need to make changes that give our users a bit more of an option. We learned that we can control the type of files we allow our users to upload to our wiki if we have enough trust in our user base.
Finally, we approached the subject of security. We were able to install two extensions that will help keep our wiki more secure and we learned of some best practices we need to follow as an administrator.
In the next chapter, we are going to tackle how we can manage a multi-user environment. With the knowledge we gained so...