On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 9:33 PM, Al Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I disagree with your comment below in principle. Requiring regular users to > modify their behavior because of the actions of a few bad actors just ruins > and complicates the experience you are trying to create. Dealing with > spammers comes with the territory and is my responsibility, not my visitors. >
...but the sad truth is that for many small wikis the actions of a few bad actors ruin and complicate the experience you are trying to create for users (readers as much as editors) The spammers spoil the user experience much more than asking a few interested users to jump through a hoop or two to become editors. _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
