Suggestion: Wikiposts - collaborative posts editable by multiple users

[Cheapy]

Ive seen custom mods on other sites, but would love to see a native version on IPB.

A wikipost is usually the first or second post in a thread, which like Wikipedia, can be editited by multiple users.

[Cyrem]

Change the permissions to allow groups to edit other's posts. Then get the post history mod in the marketplace.

EDIT: Sorry didn't read the 'first or second post'. Yeah a custom mod would need to be made to allow only the second post to be edited. I doubt this is something IPS would make native, best request a custom mod for it.

[Cheapy]

Its more complicated than just that. You need a system (like Wikipedia) for saving post editing history and restoring previous revisions.

[connorhawke]

Its more complicated than just that. You need a system (like Wikipedia) for saving post editing history and restoring previous revisions.

That's possible with this marketplace mod:
http://community.invisionpower.com/files/file/4876-pav32-post-history/
Although it's not Wikipedia, it does save post editing history and allows previous revisions to be restored.

As for allowing editing on only the first and/or second post by selected usergroups, that would probably need to be a custom mod request.

[Jυra]

The whole wiki thing is only useful if there's a large body of people to make it used and correct. Niche.

[Cheapy]

The whole wiki thing is only useful if there's a large body of people to make it used and correct. Niche.

You could say the same thing about IPS or really anything. Thanks for your very helpful comment.

[ZackL]

This idea would be awesome tbh. Something like stackoverflow's pseudo-wiki editing of posts.

[Wolf]

This is a very neat idea for a collaberative writing/roleplay site - and for many other types of forums. I support it.

[Jυra]

Tons of things can be great or just as useful with a small amount of users.

[Alfa1]

Vaultwiki is a very popular addon that provides wiki functionality. Currently its only available for vbulletin, but they are working on a version for IPS. Stackexchange uses wikipost functionality. I see wiki functions are being requested repeatedly.
Its certainly not niche functionality.

[Cheapy]

I see IpbWiki exists and it's open source. It just needs to be properly integrated into the first post of a forum thread. Maybe this could be a stock feature in the future?

http://www.ipbwiki.com/

http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipbwiki/

[Makoto]

I tried IPBWiki once. It was really buggy and outdated from what I remember, and I just didn't feel safe using it.

I just use a stock MediaWiki installation and have no issues. It will require members apply for a separate account on the Wiki though.

[vaultwiki]

For any users still following this thread, I wanted to mention that VaultWiki is finally moving forward with their IPB integration. Please see this thread here: http://community.invisionpower.com/topic/404817-wiki-for-ips-what-would-you-look-for/

We would love to hear your thoughts and ideas for the best integration. Please check out the thread to get involved!

[Joel R]

I was just about to mention VaultWiki

You can also, however, use a default IP.Content installation with databases to accomplish what you want.  I think databases in IP.Content is one of the most underrated features in the entire suite.  

[opentype]

I see IpbWiki exists and it's open source.  It just needs to be properly integrated into the first post of a forum thread.  Maybe this could be a stock feature in the future?​

Actually, it is a stock feature already. You just need to get IP.Content. The databases there have Wiki editing and if you let every database entry create a forum post, you get exactly what you need.