# \[ANN\] Samizdat 0.5.2, the Wiki release

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**Created:** [5 July 2004 13:09 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-samizdat-0-5-2-the-wiki-release/12417 "2004-07-05T13:09:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dmitry\_Borodaenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@Dmitry\_Borodaenko](https://rubytalk.org/u/Dmitry_Borodaenko)\
**Post date:** [5 July 2004 13:09 UTC](https://rubytalk.org/t/ann-samizdat-0-5-2-the-wiki-release/12417/1 "2004-07-05T13:09:40Z")

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Samizdat 0.5.2, the Wiki release

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> This version adds Wiki functionality to Samizdat, allowing to edit  
> messages and track history of changes. Messages may use Textile format  
> for advanced hypertext markup, editing may be limited to the original  
> creator or open for all site members. Other highlights of this release  
> are FastCGI support, configurable site logo, multiple usability  
> improvements, and the usual bunch of bugfixes. Once again, database  
> schema is slightly changed.
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> About Samizdat:
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> Samizdat is a generic RDF-based engine for building collaboration and  
> open publishing web sites. Samizdat will let users cooperate and  
> coordinate on all kinds of activities, including media activism,  
> resource sharing, education and research, advocacy, etc., by allowing  
> everyone to publish, view, comment, edit, and aggregate text and  
> multimedia resources, vote on ratings and classifications, filter  
> resources by flexible sets of criteria (see design-goals.txt). Samizdat  
> intends to promote values of freedom, openness, equality, and  
> cooperation.
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> What's new in Samizdat 0.5.2:
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> - message versioning: site members now can edit their messages and  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;messages that were created "open for all"; previous versions are  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;preserved and can be compared side-by-side
> 
> - Textile markup: in addition to text, verbatim plain text, and URI  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;lists, Samizdat now supports Wiki-like hypertext markup in Textile  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;format, based on RedCloth Ruby module
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> - FastCGI: in addition to mod\_ruby and plain CGI, it is now possible to  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;run Samizdat as a FastCGI application
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> - site logo: arbitrary HTML, configured from config.yaml, can be  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;included by Samizdat in page header to display site logo
> 
> - usability: focus management interface reorganized to be more obvious,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;many informative labels and tooltips are added, sidebar is removed,  
> &nbsp;&nbsp;resource rendering now generates anchors and navigation links
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> More info:
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> Home: [http://www.nongnu.org/samizdat/](http://www.nongnu.org/samizdat/)  
> Mailing list: [http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/samizdat-devel](http://mail.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/samizdat-devel)  
> Download: [http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/samizdat/samizdat-0.5.2.tar.gz](http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/samizdat/samizdat-0.5.2.tar.gz)
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> Enjoy!
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> --  
> Dmitry Borodaenko