Or get the community to help police it.... Locking down should be a last resort.
On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 3:28 AM, Henri Beauchamp <sl...@free.fr> wrote: > On Sat, 20 Aug 2016 17:08:12 -0700, Brian McGroarty wrote: > > > Please create a support ticket or ping Oz after one of the TPV meetings > if > > you would like to request edit access on the wiki. There is a > ridiculously > > persistent party who uses numerous wikis to promote fake Microsoft > support > > phone numbers. Given the fraud or malware potential, we couldn't let that > > keep returning. > > Thank you. I created a ticket in the "web login issue" category, pointing > at this thread in the web archive of this list. > > I totally understand and support your concerns however, may I suggest > that your webmaster creates an SQL ASCII export of the (clean) Wiki > database and 'grep' it for all contributor names, then whitelist them ? > This should not require more than one (at worst two) man.hours of work. > > TPV developers are not the only contributors to the Wiki, and you are > loosing valuable contributions by keeping the Wiki locked down in read- > only mode for everyone, including legit/old/well known contributors... > > Alternatively, you might ask your webmaster to add a banner to all Wiki > pages for logged-in Wiki users, explaining that the Wiki is locked down > and that they should open a support ticket to get it enabled in write > mode for their account (of course, the support team might get swamped > with requests, thus why I think the contributors grepping+whitelisting > is a better solution). > > Best regards, > > Henri. > _______________________________________________ > Policies and (un)subscribe information available here: > http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/OpenSource-Dev > Please read the policies before posting to keep unmoderated posting > privileges > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This email is a private and confidential communication. Any use of email may be subject to the laws and regulations of the United States. You may not Repost, Distribute nor reproduce any content of this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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