Judging from what you just said, Chris, I don't think you quite understand what was happening.
The way it was when the wiki was getting spammed was that you had to register to post, but not to read. In order to register, you did not need to contact a sysop. You just entered a user name and password. The spammers were able to exploit that. Dave locked it down for a while so that in order to read or post, you had to contact him. That kept out the spammers. Folks are proposing other hurdles that could be placed between the spammers and the wiki to make it more difficult for them to do their dirty deed with minimal added effort, delay or impediment to legitimate writing. On Friday 24 March 2006 10:03, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simpler is better. If you want to add to the wiki, register and select a pass word. Whoever makes changes should be known to the group and organization. All else can read. Also, too many attempts should be tracked. > On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 08:56, Dan wrote: >> Have you considered other alternatives? >> >> Since most abusers probably run bots to do their bidding, why not try >> using >> "is a person there" test such as the popular "type the code that appears >> in >> the graphic below". > > Thats a PIA to code up. > > Ruben > >> ------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting >> language >> that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live >> webcast >> and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding >> territory! >> http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 >> _______________________________________________ >> Hardhats-members mailing list >> Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting > language > that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live > webcast > and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding > territory! > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members -- Nancy Anthracite ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
