>> My proposal is something like: >> - making the client have to send a ping from time to time (so that if >> the page has been closed, the ping isn't sent anymore) >> - adding onExit, on... handlers signalling a cancel action to the >> server.
> Yes, might be useful. Of course, they will not be reliable, and > won't help with spiders and spambots. But something like that could > be done. Well, of course it doesn't help against wiki spam, but the "do not edit" time will be minimised. In a way, it's comparable to greylisting in the e-mail domain. You make the client tell repeatedly that its request is still valid. Fewest spiders or spambots will respond to that. Where to publish this proposal? Regards, Florian
