I can volunteer, but it's my first web-page administration experience ever. Besides, I won't be available during working hours; is this ok?
On Wednesday, April 10, 2013 11:33:14 AM UTC+2, Ahmed Mekkawy wrote: > > Seems like a plan to me :-) > Create a user on the wiki and tell me your username to grant you all > privileges. > > Guys, any volunteers to help Rayna in this? > On Apr 9, 2013 11:11 PM, "Rayna" <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I can lend a hand but -- from experience -- one person can quickly be >> overwhelmed. There may be a lot of spam (for which I have scripts but they >> are really brute force :) ) and if you get to have more than 5-6 people >> editing the wiki regularly, you need 2 people to administrate it. >> >> So, I can help but I'd need a second person, and preferably who's fluent >> in Arabic. Cuz I am guessing (extensive knowledge of) slang only rarely >> helps in such a venture ;) >> >> Rayna >> >> >> 2013/4/9 Ahmed Mekkawy <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> >>> http://www.wikihow.com/Become-a-Wikipedia-Administrator >>> >>> ---- >>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>> Founder | CTO >>> Spirula Systems >>> www.spirulasystems.com >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:28 PM, AMahdy AbdElAziz >>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>> > wrote: >>> >>>> I believe pages on wikipedia do not have admin/admins, do they? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> AMahdy AbdElAziz >>>> http://www.AMahdy.net >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:24 PM, Ahmed Mekkawy < >>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> AMahdy, I understand. it would be great if someone stands up for >>>>> administrating the wiki. It would be more than great. >>>>> >>>>> I suggest that we remove the authentication whenever we found this one >>>>> :) >>>>> >>>>> ---- >>>>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>>>> Founder | CTO >>>>> Spirula Systems >>>>> www.spirulasystems.com >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:17 PM, AMahdy AbdElAziz >>>>> <[email protected]<javascript:> >>>>> > wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Mekkawy: I didn't mean to ask you in specific. You are not supposed >>>>>> to admin everything. Let the community do that, the same way wikipedia >>>>>> is >>>>>> operated for example. Just a suggestion and again up to the community >>>>>> here >>>>>> to decide. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> AMahdy AbdElAziz >>>>>> http://www.AMahdy.net >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:06 PM, Ahmed Mekkawy < >>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Samar, >>>>>>> No, you have to create a new account. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> AMahdy and Rayna, >>>>>>> Well I don't believe that opening the site is the best solution, as >>>>>>> I see that we'll get poisoned by ones who are not of our interest. I'm >>>>>>> not >>>>>>> worried about reading but I'm worried about writing. The best solution >>>>>>> IMHO >>>>>>> is to remove the user/pass and make the registration by approval, and >>>>>>> require login for editing. I totally understand that this isn't a real >>>>>>> security measure, a basic authentication on an http website is so >>>>>>> unsecure >>>>>>> anyway. About AMahdy's suggestion that I watch over the wiki, actually >>>>>>> I >>>>>>> don't have time to filter the registration, not the data. If anyone is >>>>>>> interested to have all privileges to do that, then please say so. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Anyway I can remove the authentication if people here see them >>>>>>> useless. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> ---- >>>>>>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>>>>>> Founder | CTO >>>>>>> Spirula Systems >>>>>>> www.spirulasystems.com >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Rayna <[email protected]<javascript:> >>>>>>> > wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Good to have it set up but why does it require login? And ok, >>>>>>>> sending login and password on a public mailing-list is not the most >>>>>>>> secure >>>>>>>> thing to do ;) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Rayna >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2013/4/9 Ahmed Mekkawy <[email protected] <javascript:>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Hi all, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> in case someone didn't notice my reply on the email before, here's >>>>>>>>> our wiki, which is still empty till the moment of writing this: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> http://wiki.openegypt.net >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> username: openegypt >>>>>>>>> password: openegypt123 >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Thanks, >>>>>>>>> ---- >>>>>>>>> Ahmed Mekkawy >>>>>>>>> Founder | CTO >>>>>>>>> Spirula Systems >>>>>>>>> www.spirulasystems.com >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>>> send an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> "Change l'ordre du monde plutôt que tes désirs." >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> http://de.linkedin.com/in/raynas >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>>> send an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>>> send an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, >>>>>> send an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "OpenEgypt" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> "Change l'ordre du monde plutôt que tes désirs." >> >> http://de.linkedin.com/in/raynas >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "OpenEgypt" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OpenEgypt" group. 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