On Sat, Oct 13, 2012 at 1:58 AM, Friedrich Strohmaier <bitsfr...@documentfoundation.org> wrote: > From my point of view there is more than one alternative :o)). > > In short: > 1. We want (new) contributors contribute without hassles > 2. We don't want spammer's contributions > > We could solve that through changing the workflow (this is not a quick > solution though): > - Make the "edit" button visible for all visitors. > - Check the authorization of the editor while saving (if not logged in). > - offer a simple account creation method: "Enter Your mailadress here - > we will contact You. Your *first* contribution will be approved before > beeing published" > - send the *publishing request* to the moderators/wiki admins. > - after approval send "Your contribution has been approved and published > <link>" mail to the contributor > > Several advantages: > - Very low barrier for the first contribution > - attract Contributors who turn away even beeing faced with a captcha > - The approvers can see and estimate *the contribution* while deciding > to approve or discard the request. > - The contributor has human contact and we (humans) can contact the > contributor :o)) > - one more simple task (easy hack) to participate the project in a > helpful way. > > Disadvantage: > - more work to filter the *first contributions* > > This is just a rough edge draft of how it could be done the "community > way".
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