that sounds sensible to me, Nick (but then, you always do ;-)... anywhoo......
The big change here is that we'd be opening the doors to WMAU website editing to folk who aren't members - I see this as a good thing - I think it would encourage folk to engage with the site, and possibly lead to membership down the track. I'd note that we currently have a couple of non-member editors for specific things, so it's not that big a sea change, but perhaps just a small, useful one :-) cheers, Peter, PM. On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Nick Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Peter, > > Personally, I'm a fan of having this in LocalSettings.php : > ------------------------------------- > $wgGroupPermissions['*']['edit'] = false; // anonymous editing disabled. > $wgEmailConfirmToEdit = true; // have to confirm email address to edit. > ------------------------------------- > > It allows anyone to create an account, and edit, once they have > confirmed their email address, by clicking the link. It takes about 30 > seconds to do, and it's pretty quick and easy. I think (correct me if > I'm wrong) you have to have someone manually do something to enable > editing currently for the aussie wiki, which I for one have simply have > never bothered to do because it sounds like a bit of a hassle. Allowing > people to confirm themselves is definitely a step lower in terms of > security, but still seems to stop almost all spammers. However at the > other end of the spectrum (open editing, lowest security, highest > accessibility), the wikis with open editing seem to accumulate some > spam/automated gibberish/general crap though (not a raging torrent, but > enough to be annoying). > > Just my 2 cents. > > -- All the best, > Nick. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: private musings <[email protected]> > Reply-to: Wikimedia-au <[email protected]> > To: Wikimedia-au <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wikimediaau-l] Open website editing? > Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 15:47:03 +1000 > > Hi all, > > Having been fairly active on the aussie wiki for the last little while - > a thought occurred to me... Have we tried allowing open access to > editing? > > The whole idea of allowing IP editing is sort of counter-intuitive in > many ways - but perhaps it might help engage folk passing through? - > It's certainly one way for people to ask questions etc. > > My apologies if this has been discussed at length previously - but I'd > like to see if anyone out there agrees with me that it might well be > worth a try? - I've no idea how technically difficult it is to 'turn on' > IP editing, or turn it off again if it's a disaster! - but hopefully > it's not too big a deal.... > > cheers, > > Peter, > PM. > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimediaau-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaau-l >
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