Re: Wiki state

> I've registered as "reden". If you want to make me an administrator  
> I'll be happy start looking into it. For starters we should probably  
> require email confirmation before granting editing abilities.
>
> Rob
>
> On Jul 14, 2008, at 1:16 PM, James Lemieux wrote:
>
> > 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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