Re: gEDA-user: reasons for wikibook (was: plugins)

[Colin D Bennett <colin@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:24:57 +0200
Kai-Martin Knaak <knaak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Geoff Swan wrote:
> 
> > +1 I think it unlikely that a gEDA wiki would be targeted.
> 
> It is very likely to be targeted by semi clever spam bots. I administrate 
> a couple of wikis. Plain, anonymous write accesss had to be disabled because
> they caught spam bots trying to distribute their spew after a few weeks. 
> Captchas work well for edits works as an antidot. But they are a hassle to 
> legitimate users, too.
> 
> The only site I know, that manage to get away with open write access to 
> anyone and anything are those with a massive amount of users.

I see no problem with prohibiting anonymous edits.  It takes
only about 20 seconds to create a login, and you only have to do it
once.

Regards,
Colin


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