On Sun, Feb 14, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Jaroslaw Staniek <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ben,
Hi Jaroslaw, > > It seems that techbase isn't locked. There were a few acts of > vandalism too: https://techbase.kde.org/Special:Log/delete Techbase should definitely be locked for normal user editing. It is possible you are a member of a historical group there which has edit powers though. I don't see any evidence of vandalism in that log, just spam cleanup... > > PS: Any update on possible solutions for the wikis? It's a work in progress, requiring a full Mediawiki update and all the challenges that implies. Cheers, Ben > > > On 2 February 2016 at 08:51, Ben Cooksley <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> Until further notice, all wikis hosted under KDE.org have been >> rendered uneditable by everyone except members of the Identity group >> "web-admins". >> >> Unfortunately it seems bots (or a human sweatshop) have completely >> automated the login (via OpenID/Identity none the less) and abusive >> editing of many of our wikis. >> >> This appears to be an issue being experienced by other Mediawiki >> installations elsewhere as well. >> >> At some point we may reinvestigate restoring editing rights to a more >> limited number of users, but until then our wikis will remain closed >> to editing. >> >> If necessary, we may need to consider migration to alternative Wiki software. >> >> Regards, >> Ben Cooksley >> KDE Sysadmin >> _______________________________________________ >> kde-community mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community > > > > -- > regards, Jaroslaw Staniek > > KDE: > : A world-wide network of software engineers, artists, writers, translators > : and facilitators committed to Free Software development - http://kde.org > Calligra Suite: > : A graphic art and office suite - http://calligra.org > Kexi: > : A visual database apps builder - http://calligra.org/kexi > Qt Certified Specialist: > : http://www.linkedin.com/in/jstaniek > _______________________________________________ > kde-community mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community _______________________________________________ kde-community mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-community
