Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-03 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 31.05.2014 22:49, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: Hello, in recent weeks, the Python Wiki has seen an increasing amount of spam and vandalism: https://wiki.python.org/moin/RecentChanges?max_days=60 Since the textchas we've been using apparently no longer serve their intended purposes, I've now

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-03 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:05 PM, M.-A. Lemburg m...@egenix.com wrote: FYI: I've renamed the group page to EditorsGroup. That's a better fit for what we intend to use it for. If people show a good track record they can then be moved on to the TrustedEditorsGroup, which removes the need to enter

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-03 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 03.06.2014 14:06, Chris Angelico wrote: On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:05 PM, M.-A. Lemburg m...@egenix.com wrote: FYI: I've renamed the group page to EditorsGroup. That's a better fit for what we intend to use it for. If people show a good track record they can then be moved on to the

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-02 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 01.06.2014 05:48, Barry Warsaw wrote: On May 31, 2014, at 10:49 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: I've added a new user group called NewUsersGroup, which does get editing rights, but we'll have to manage this manually and new users who want to receive editing rights will have to write to this

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-01 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Paul Boddie p...@boddie.org.uk wrote: On Sunday 1. June 2014 19.55.44 anatoly techtonik wrote: On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Barry Warsaw ba...@python.org wrote: On May 31, 2014, at 10:49 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: I've added a new user group called

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-05-31 Thread Paul Boddie
On Saturday 31. May 2014 22.49.58 M.-A. Lemburg wrote: Hello, in recent weeks, the Python Wiki has seen an increasing amount of spam and vandalism: https://wiki.python.org/moin/RecentChanges?max_days=60 Since the textchas we've been using apparently no longer serve their intended

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-05-31 Thread Barry Warsaw
On May 31, 2014, at 10:49 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: I've added a new user group called NewUsersGroup, which does get editing rights, but we'll have to manage this manually and new users who want to receive editing rights will have to write to this mailing list to be added to the group. TBH, we've