Re: Wiki state

> Holger, Rob, et al,
>
>    Yeah, the Wiki state is abysmal. To recap for the group, I did  
> investigate installing a "captcha module" into our wiki instllation,  
> but just couldn't get it to work. But, I have no experience doing  
> it, and perhaps I made stupid mistakes while doing it. (I recall  
> getting PHP errors that were meaningless to me).
>
>    4) is definitely something I'd vote for if someone knows how to  
> do it...
>
> Rob and Holger:
>
>    Jesse and I, would definitely be willing to give either of you  
> the FTP username/password if you'd be able to help out with this  
> problem.
>
> Thanks guys,
>
> James
>
> On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Rob Eden <rob@starlight-
> systems.com> wrote:
> Wow, yeah. It's bad. If I can be of any assistance, just let me know.
>
> Rob
>
>
> On Jul 13, 2008, at 8:59 AM, Holger Brands wrote:
>
> Jesse, James,
>
> as we all know, the GL wiki is currently unusable
> because of spamming. Just open the main page and
> you'll see what I mean. It simply doesn't give a good
> impression for (new) users.
>
> What are the options we have?
>
> 1) ignore it and change nothing
> 2) drop the wiki altogether
> 3) try to secure the wiki (with captchas for example)
> and cleanup the main pages
> 4) make the wiki editable only for contributors and "trusted" users
> and cleanup the main pages
> ...
>
> Option 3) would be ideal but because of lack of time and expertise,
> it's unlikely to happen.
> The next best option would be option 4):
> Create a dedicated user group with edit permissions
> and put only trusted users into it.
> This way we could add new content quickly
> while contributions from other users are restricted but still possible
> after granting group membership.
> Hopefully this would cut down the spam rate.
>
> In comparison to the current state, this would be an acceptable
> compromise in my opinion.
>
> WDYT?
>
> Holger
>
>
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