I'm gonna vote with Simon here...I know spam is a problem but this is overkill. Banning http will cause a lot of problems for new users, exactly those a budding young project can't afford to alienate...
Simon Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Bill - banning http:// on a wiki ? This makes me cringe.. what good is it
> if legitimate users can't add links.
>
> I saw you have implemented a restriction on editing - it seemed to require
> a username configured in preferences, similar to my edits_need_username
> property. Are you getting significant spam even with this turned on ? They
> are configuring a username cookie ?
Simon Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Also, current Zwiki is smarter about this - it tries not to count links
> that were in the page already.
>
> # does this edit look like spam ?
> # Tries to count the links added by this edit. Not perfect -
> # existing links on a line that you tweak will be counted.
> # Not sure what happens if you replace existing links.
> self.checkForSpam(self.addedText(old, new))
>
> Most of these anti-spam refinements have been added in the last year, as it
> became a problem.
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Cheers,
Bob McElrath [Univ. of California at Davis, Department of Physics]
Only after you've tried to figure something out for yourself and
failed are you ready to absorb "the answer."
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