which Wiki to use?

Does anyone here have experience with Wikis and/or intranet sites? I'm trying to plot out the project plan to migrate to a Wiki system for our intranet. Any recommendations are appreciated

 

I like and have used pmwiki. Simple install and has lots of good mods & is continually updated for bugs, etc.

 

MediaWiki is my personal choice. It's what powers WikiPedia.

www.mediawiki.org

 

Are there plugins available for it? Can content areas be password protected?

 

Have a look at this page: http://www.wikimatrix.org/

It lists all the major wiki scripts with their features and lets you compare them.

 

Thanks for the link, that's a great resource

Plone isn't on that list. Anyone used Plone?

 

I'm using dekiwiki from opengarden.org..... easy to setup if you can use a debian server....

 

I'm not looking to run a website, I'm looking to run an intranet, with document management and ACL

 

i would second mediawiki and yes it has mods available and even some cms/forum bridges available.

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Extensions
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:MediaWiki_extensions

 

I'm a little worried about this statement on MediaWiki's webiste:
While versatile, MediaWiki isn't suited to all purposes. In particular, users should remember that it is designed to allow open-editing, and doesn't provide very complex per-page access restrictions. Users seeking such functionality ought to consider using software dedicated to that purpose, such as document or content management software.

I'm wondering if Plone would be the better choice

 

They're both free...why not install them and see if they meet your needs?

 

Because I really don't want to waste implementation time, I'd like to determine the best solution in the planning phase (now)

 

im sure ive seen a mod for media-wiki where you can set access to just registered users (it might even be in options somewhere).

you can also set access on a page to page basis

 

does it support both LDAP and AD authentication?

 

not sure what they are but heres an overview of media wiki http://www.wikimatrix.org/show/MediaWiki

 

Mediawiki is the best choice and just check ocportal.com for more options with wiki

 

ocportal appears to be a paid service, and I'm truly looking for open source

 

i have never used it

 

you've never used what? What purpose did that post serve other than to pad your count???

 

The idea behind a wiki is that anyone can edit it. If you want user permissions and groups you will have to look at something else. Perhaps project management/ groupware. See opensourcecms.com for demos of most oss. BTW I have tried almost all the wiki software over there and mediawiki is the best IMO.