Re: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread Aaron Bannert
On Friday, January 31, 2003, at 02:08 PM, Costin Manolache wrote: Are we now going to have similar oversight over the mailing lists and archives ? If someone posts a pointer to warez or porn on one of the lists - are we going to have to remove it from archives ? You wouldn't believe how much

Re: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread Ben Hyde
Costin Manolache wrote: My point was: if someone posts a mail with pointers to warez or porn or spam - it will get through and will be archived in the mailing list archives. Humm, are we arguing with the stop sign here? We seem close to a settling in on that rare and wonderful thing - a

RE: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Costin, I see several differences between mailing list and Wiki content: 1. posting policy If you manage your Wiki with Wiki pages in conversation mode, shouldn't you want similar control over Wiki posting as e-mail posting? 2. representation I do see wiki as a transcript of opinions

RE: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Now that it appears that a consensus is brewing, I'm finally posting this message in public --- There appears to be a consensus for a Wiki per-PMC approach until some other Wiki technology might provide some other segmentation schema for oversight. The purpose is to

Re: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread Ben Hyde
On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 02:10 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: a solution using the current Wiki code, I imagine that it would look something like: http://james.apache.org/wiki/ http://jakarta.apache.org/wiki/ http://avalon.apache.org/wiki/ http://xml.apache.org/wiki

RE: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
: Saturday, February 01, 2003 16:46 To: community@apache.org Subject: Re: Wiki - we have a problem :) On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 02:10 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: a solution using the current Wiki code, I imagine that it would look something like: http://james.apache.org/wiki/ http

Re: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread Ben Hyde
Interesting conversation. http://everything2.com/ is another interesting example in this space. They keep all the content associated with an author. They have a surprisingly complex scheme for getting a feedback loop that they hope will create quality. One thing that fascinated me about was

RE: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread O'brien, Tim
...some useful patches, including one to require people to set their preferences before they can post to the Wiki. Very simple patch, doesn't address true authentication, but it adds another hurdle into the process... http://www.usemod.com/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?WikiPatches/RequireAUserName

Re: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-02-01 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Costin Manolache wrote: My point was: if someone posts a mail with pointers to warez or porn or spam - it will get through and will be archived in the mailing list Then it -will- be noted by the committers and the PMC in a very timely manner; no (resonable) doubt about

RE: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-01-31 Thread Noel J. Bergman
What I mean here is -not- the ASF cultural thing of having things validated by your peers; but the oversight of the type that the ASF as a US incorperated is supposed to maintain. specificaly of the type which gets us in real-live(tm) trouble; warez, child-porn, list of license keys, etc.

RE: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-01-31 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin, The wikidiffs@ list received 77 emails yesterday. That's a *lot* of traffic for a small group to handle reliably. I certainly can't keep up with that. Understood. One problem is that changes aren't merged. I probably do a half dozen minor Wiki updates before I finish with an edit.

RE: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-01-31 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Noel J. Bergman wrote: - is a PMC or similar body who duly provides oversight to any abuse. This is a weaker oversight requirement than ensuring that information is accurate, or that more subtle content concerns are managed. Correct - I am after what

Re: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-01-31 Thread Costin Manolache
Are we now going to have similar oversight over the mailing lists and archives ? If someone posts a pointer to warez or porn on one of the lists - are we going to have to remove it from archives ? Sorry, but I fail to see the difference between wiki and the mailing lists. Both are open to

Re: Wiki - we have a problem :)

2003-01-31 Thread Dirk-Willem van Gulik
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, Costin Manolache wrote: Are we now going to have similar oversight over the mailing lists and archives ? If someone posts a pointer to warez or porn on one of the lists - are we going to have to remove it from archives ? We have, in my opinion, sufficient oversight on