The resources [1] and [2] already show some implementations for offline (read-only) access to MediaWiki wikis, but edit functions are still missing.

The aim of this bugzilla is to find a reliable solution for full-featured MediaWiki functionality including (an at least limited) page editing even when no online access is available temporarily. Further and improved concepts are sought for handling the increased possibility of edit conflicts.

The proposed extension may be more useful for smaller wikis like private and enterprise MediaWikis having less edit activitiy than for example the large Wikipedia projects.

[1] "Google Gears hack: MediaWiki offline functionality in less than one hour"
http://andreas.schmidt.name/blog/2007/10/google-gears-hack-mediawiki-offline-functionality-in-less-than-one-hour.html
[2] MediaWiki offline support thanks to Google Gears
http://wiki.yobi.be/wiki/Mediawiki_LocalServer
[3] http://gears.google.com/

Version: unspecified
Severity: enhancement