OK, so I had word back from Infra@ on our wiki spam issues. What their docs recommend is that we lock down the edits to authorized users. To do that, I need two lists - First we need the Wiki names of at least two of us who are willing to act as administrators on the wiki. This will be the AdminGroup. I'll volunteer, we should have at least one more, and the more the merrier. Second, we will have a list of contributors' wiki names. These people will have authorization to add and edit pages.
Essentially, from here on, the procedure will be that someone new who wants to contribute to the wiki will register on the River Wiki, thus creating a wiki name for themselves. Then they will drop a line on [email protected] saying "Please enable me for contributions". Obviously we could set policy on who to authorize, but basically most projects just grant permission as soon as it's requested - it's not a voting thing like committership. Then one of the members of the AdminGroup goes and edits the ContributorsGroup wiki page. The assumption is that a spammer won't ask for permission to spam. If someone does post specious content, then we can remove them from the ContributorsGroup. So if you could provide your Wiki names for the AdminGroup and ContributorsGroup, I'll get the process rolling with infra@. Thanks, Greg. -- Greg Trasuk, President StratusCom Manufacturing Systems Inc. - We use information technology to solve business problems on your plant floor. http://stratuscom.com
