I'm more concerned with people, bad people out there, that would write really nasty stuff about a person and get a real kick out of it. I really wish I didn't know such people. I mean I've seen some really sick stuff written on profiles of mine. So, I decide to go with a wiki after watching a video on vtc.com In the wiki engine chosen she was able to set it to where only registered users could edit and create articles. I think that can be nice. A wiki can be exciting for a community to see develop. I suppose the people I know could register just to be able to do what they do, but they seem to like to hide behind a greater level of anonymity. Any form of registration discourages such activities. I just want to display some articles and information and a wiki seemed like the ticket. Bruce
Platonides wrote: > B. M. Whealton wrote: >> How does one setup a media wiki that has protection against persons who >> would want to post very inappropriate material? I know that many wiki >> software engines do have permission settings to only allow registered >> users the ability to edit the wiki. Unfortunately, that has been my >> need and concern. >> Thanks, >> Bruce > > > You probably need a captcha [1]. That will filter most of the bots. Note > that requiring to register is not a guarantee to keep out bots (some > register just to spam you) and its annoying for some users. > > Anyway, a wiki needs attention. You should dedicate a bit of time to > look at Special:Recentchanges. Perhaps some minutes a week/or a month. > It's sad to see wikis that no admin has edited for months, and whose > content has been buried under spam just because nobody cared about it. > They restricted editing to registered users when creating and didn't > look at it any more, still running a version years old. > > 1-http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ B. M. Whealton - Web Developer, Programmer, Owner: Future Wave Designs: http://FutureWaveDesigns.com "On Being a Poet and Other Existential Ideas":> http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/words/ Publisher of Word Salad Poetry Magazine: http://WordSaladPoetryMagazine.com/ - Submit your poetry ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
