Mark Post wrote:
There are a few rules, for lack of a better term, that will apply to the Wiki, none of them particularly onerous: 1. Although technically not required, we would prefer that anyone contributing to the wiki create an account before doing so.
You should insist on this. I've installed Drupal at isay.js.id.au and done a little, but not much, to publicise it. There is nothing to prevent people from trying to create accounts, and a few people have done so. Because this is all new to me, I decided that account creations would have to be approved. Very glad I am. So far, I have approved one account and denied lots. Reasons for denial: 1. The software sends email to the email address provided. A lot has bounced. 2. I Google user names and email addresses, initially from idle curiosity. I've found some usernames enrolled at other sites, sometimes in the same timeframe. Some names and domain names are associated with spammers. The one I approved was apparently by a young Indian (not North American!) woman recently graduated from an Indian university. I thought she might have some useful contributions to make. She's not been back. I've decided I'd like Drupal to record the IP address associated with new enrollments (and maybe other activity, and the ability to block some locations. Proxies for example. Someone might claim to be located in Russia, but that doesn't mean they are. I suggest that you too moderate enrollments. Maybe you could also _require_ people to outline why they want an account - that should halt any bots in their tracks. If you solicit enrollments from a cyberlocation such as this list, ask people to choose account names and provide other information that would help you recognise them. I someone claiming to be John Campbell and having experience in AIX, likely you'd say, "Oh, that John Campbell. Welcome!" -- Cheers John -- spambait [email protected] [email protected] -- Advice http://webfoot.com/advice/email.top.php http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375 You cannot reply off-list:-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
