[GeneralDiscussion] ZWikiPage Folderish

That "multiple uses of images" issue aside, I do think folderish ZWikiPages would be useful. Same as Simon I had thought about storing revisions in there. It would probably make pruning of old revisions more complicated, but apart from that, revision handling would become cleaner and more logical.

Storing "page attachments" or images could be handled inside the folderish page *or* centrally - the downside is as already mentioned the added complexity.

I think storing sub-pages in there is only a good idea if those are strictly limited uses - I'm not even sure if I'd want discussion pages handled that way. Having the page hierarchy reflected in folderish parent pages and "child pages stored inside" - I think that one is an idea that clearly breaks the clean wiki approach.

Personally for image storing in my wikis, I use a simple image uploader / management object that I wrote myself. Those images are stored centrally, they can be commented on and they offer the ReST image links ready for copy and pasting. Hmm, I really should publish that code.

So, summarizing my oppinion: I'm in favor of folderish ZWikiPage for revision storing, maybe for image storing in some cases, but clearly not for using it to build page hierarchies.

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