[Lincs] wiki

[iain baker]

Ben Francis wrote:
> Marc McGuinness wrote:
> 
>> iain baker wrote the following on 11.04.2005 10:03:
>>
>>> hi people...
>>> if anyone spots a page on the wiki that has been abused please let 
>>> someone know so it can be rectified...
>>
>>
> Or rectify it themself! This is the wonderful thing about wikis. We'll 
> need a policy on what is and isn't acceptable. Some things are obviously 
> SPAM, but others are not. Do we allow information promoting commercial 
> organisations of any sort? I personally don't have a problem with that 
> in moderation but it's something that should be open to discussion.

i also wouldnt have a problem with that but what we are getting is this

http://lincs.lug.org.uk/wiki/index.php?RecentVisitors

>>>
>>> i have had a lovely weekend locking out sections of the wiki and 
>>> removing pages or re-editing pages that have been turned into spam
>>
>>
> Eeek, is the only solution to lock the pages? I'd avoid this if at all 
> possible as it's reverting back to the old system of some pages which 
> are not editable. Which pages are locked?

Not ideal i know, but the pages that i locked are the information pages 
on how to use the wiki that are a direct copy of the originals on 
PHPWiki's site... as such there would be no need to alter theese, and 
they also appear to be the only pages being hit... our own pages seem 
safe... which would suggest some bot is searching for phpwiki sites and 
altering known pages...

>>
>> I didn't think about wiki spam until I read your email.
> 
> 
> Ditto!
> 
it is a sad reality of the web