[LDraw-tech] Wiki

[Larry Pieniazek]

> Message: 2

> Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 07:19:02 -0400

> From: Dan Boger <dan at peeron.com>

> Subject: Re: [LDraw-tech] WIki edits - registered users only

> To: ldraw-tech at ldraw.org

> Message-ID: <20070516111902.GV9946 at peeron.com>

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> On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 11:22:18AM +0100, Timothy Gould wrote:

> > I think that the ldraw wiki should be restricted to editing 

> by logged 

> > in users. Since it's not intended as a general public 

> resource I don't 

> > think that the open editing policy that encyclopedic wikis 

> have really 

> > applies and it will provide a good defense against vandals and 

> > spammers/spambots.

> 

> I agree.  Should be an easy setting to tweak.

> 

> --

> Dan Boger

> dan at peeron.com


I created an account as well. I have some experience with wikis as some of
you may know. I would be happy to assist as time permits on this.

Just requiring accounts to be able to edit does not prevent random
spontaneous vandalism unless you also require that the account exist a
while. There are extensions you should potentially install to prevent the
autocreation of sleeper accounts by spambots.

If this is not a general wiki, you may want to disable account creation
entirely, and do as the  WMF foundation wiki does
http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home  ... You have to request an account
and get approved first, then a sysop or crat creates it for you and mails
you a temp pw.

Email does seem. Requiring a valid email and confirmation of it is a good
intermediate security step (tighteer than requiring accounts to edit, less
tight than requiring admins to create accounts there) but some bots know how
to confirm emails.


Larry Pieniazek
Work mail:   lpieniaz at us.ibm.com 
Hobby mail:  lar at miltontrainworks.com