On 9/17/05, Bob Paddock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have seen the setting up of Wiki's kill list contributions as some prefer > one over the other. It comes down to if you prefer push or pull styles of > getting information. Personally I prefer to have the info pushed via list in > my direction. I don't have time to go pull it from all of the Wiki's that > I'd like to monitor.
Indeed; I *love* wikis, but the two fora are quite different in purpose. I find wikis are best suited for fully fleshed out articles (e.g., like Wikipedia), and "thread-mode" discussions on wikis are generally considered bad form. A mailing list, however, is best suited for thread-mode discussions, but are generally rather poor for things like FAQs, articles, etc. The nice thing about a wiki, though, is that most thread-mode discussions can, after a suitable gestation period, be refactored into articles. > > THe problem is spam, and how to control/prohibit spammers from writing > > garbage to the gEDA Wiki? Use a wiki that allows only registered users to post. Alternatively, perhaps even preferably, use a wiki that presents a graphic image with some random characters that the user must repeat in a form field in order to get the post accepted. C2's wiki is using the latter system to control spam contributions now, as in order to spam, it now takes a real human being to do it. -- Samuel A. Falvo II
