-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I'm removing my changes that set PublicEditorsGroup as the only users allowed to modify the public (Www) web. I will return to allowing any registered user to modify the pages - just not TWikiGuest.
The rationale is that we're losing too much by implementing PublicEditorsGroup. (Can't do carpools, polling, ...) And I just realized that we already have "registration moderators". Betcha didn't know that - and its everyone on the WebNotify list! I realized that in the old model, moderation occurs post-registration instead of pre-registration; we can't (reliably) determine if someone will attempt to spam the site from their registration information anyway, so we need to look at what they do to the site. And undo it and quarantine the user if we object to it (that was the purpose of Main.HallOfShame). And because we have revision controlled content, we can revert any topic someone modifies. - --Bruce PS: Bill McGonigle: This means you can now do carpooling arrangements via the TWiki. Bruce Dawson wrote: | Ben Scott wrote: | | |On 10/25/05, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | | |>>http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Main/PublicEditorsGroup | |>> | |>>The restriction mentioned on that page is no longer in effect, right? | |> | |>It appears Bruce re-enabled that feature, restricting use to a | |>whitelist, rather than trying to maintain an infinite blacklist. | | | | Makes sense to me. | | | | It appears that the restriction is only in place on the "Www" web, | |and that other webs are still open to anyone who self-registers. I | |would think it makes sense to restrict all the webs. Otherwise, | |what's keeping the spammers from reg'ing and spamming the | |Organizational/TWiki /Main/etc webs instead? | | Well, I didn't want to take away the Wiki philosophy for the other | webs until someone actually abuses them. We know when things have been | suspiciously modified by the nightly notifications. For instance, if a | new user starts modifying pages, and the modifications are | non-innoucous, then we can take appropriate actions, including locking | that user out. Iff it becomes a frequent occurrance, then we can start | locking newbies out for a period of time - which might require some | coding. | | The Www web is the "public" presence, and thus is the best place for | spammers to get their message out, and is probably the place we want | to control the content the most. | | | That would effectively | |create the "gated community" that Ted mentions. Which, *sigh*, I | |guess we have to do. | | Don't have to do it until actions warrant it. Of course, putting | everything in the Main web will mean we have to create the gated | community sooner. RIght now, only the "public presence" webs have to | be gated. | | --Bruce | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFDYRqQ/TBScWXa5IgRAkSqAJwIrfyRdDywN1w8WdXuuKcOuieBuACgi66l AhIbhZfNmGEpKXiyvWkuwMY= =gZg3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ gnhlug-org mailing list gnhlug-org@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-org
