I do have ssh access to the wiki server and would be happy to make any
changes that people agree upon. I am currently running another
mediawiki for Firmata (http://firmata.org). When the spambots started
slamming it, I switched it so only logged in users could edit it, but
then created a public account and posted that username and password on
the wiki itself, see the bottom of this: http://firmata.org/wiki/Main_Page
Now there is no more spam.
Ideally that public account would be posted on the login page so its
easy to find. This system was used in the http://barcamp.org wiki for
many years and worked there.
.hc
no, sorry, it's not me, it's still hans. I don't even know on which
server it is hosted at the moment. I don't mind taking
responsibility but I am very much in favor of a read only version
with restricted write access, like Mr Monk.
marius.
On Oct 18, 2009, at 2:13 PM, marius schebella wrote:
Philip Potter wrote:
Dear all,
thanks for your feedback. Based on the response, it doesn't seem
worth
it clearing the spam up by hand, but there have been some interesting
suggestions for how to maintain pdpedia as a going concern. AFAIK I
am
unable to install captchas or make the wiki readonly (or editable by
logged-in users only); I think the wiki owner would need to do any of
these, if they desired.
Does anyone know who is ultimately responsible for the wiki? I guess
it's Marius, but I'm not sure.
My preferred option would be to make the whole wiki semiprotected --
ie only editable by logged-in users. Captchas would also be a
reasonable option.
Philip
2009/10/17 Marvin Humphrey <[email protected]>:
On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 03:59:03PM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
why wouldn't it be better to just have no wiki at all,
Maybe it would be better to kill it off, I dunno.
If you're gonna do that, though, either remove it completely or
preserve it as
a read-only resource. Don't leave the rotting carcass lying
around for
spammer maggots to feast on.
even in a situation where there wouldn't be any spam and the
captcha
wouldn't be annoying?
I don't think spammers ought to be driving the decision when there
are
countermeasures available. If the wiki is underused or outdated
or whatever,
do something to address that, such as retiring it. But if it's
being used and
the problem is the spam-to-edit ratio, captchas, whatever their
drawbacks, can
treat the spammer pestilence and let the wiki live on to die a
natural death
at the end of its natural lifespan.
Marvin Humphrey
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