[Infopoint] Infopoint Wiki

[Nathan Meir]

Could I just echo this request, people at my LUG actually laugh at when I
mention adding content to the Wiki as it usually gets over written with porn
spam in a matter of hours!

I fail to see how we could stop this spam from happening without having
logins/passwords or at the very least just have one password that everyone
knows.

Nathan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Pope" <alan.pope at gmail.com>
To: <infopoint at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 3:26 PM
Subject: Re: [Infopoint] Infopoint Wiki


On 15/06/05, Katherine Goodwin <kat at codepoets.co.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As requested by Ron and myself at WolvesLUG, could we have login-only
postings on the
> wiki.  If possible, if we could have login registrations approved, that
would probably
> help with the spam too.  I'm happy to approve registrations if required..
>

Login-only postings and wikis don't belong in the same sentence IMO.
The whole point of wikis is that any legitimate person can maintain
the wiki quickly and easily. Having a login/approval process restricts
the site to the same level as every other content management system
out there that only allows validated persons to maintain content.

Can I suggest other means are found to combat spam rather than
permanently lock the wiki for "non-members"?

I recently applied a bunch of patches to the WolvesLUG wiki since
which there has been no spam. Now ok, the WolvesLUG wiki isn't the
most high profile site, and probably gets less attention than the
infopoint wiki, but the principle is the same.

(Un)fortunately the wiki software Jono chose for the infopoint is not
the same as that used by the WolvesLUG so other means will have to be
found to protect it, but I don't think it's beyond the wit of all the
people on this mailing list!

Cheers,
Al.

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