Matt Sergeant wrote: > On 10 Feb 2004, at 23:23, Robin Berjon wrote: > >> Matt Sergeant wrote: >>> Would anyone be willing to volunteer to watch the axkit-dev list and >>> revert to an earlier version of a page when someone breaks a wiki >>> page? All the diffs are mailed to the axkit-dev list, so it becomes >>> really easy to spot. >> >> Could we not have the alternative option of making the editable part >> accessible only with a login? It needn't be high security I guess, >> just "that animal" as login/pass could do and we could give it to >> whoever needs it, no? > > I'm concerned that this causes too high a barrier to entry. Fixing > wikispam isn't too hard - it's just a few mouse clicks. I guess we > should weigh up the pros and cons though.
How about borrowing a page from challenge response systems. Put an image on the edit page containing the text "the password is 'that animal'"... -- Garrett Goebel IS Development Specialist ScriptPro Direct: 913.403.5261 5828 Reeds Road Main: 913.384.1008 Mission, KS 66202 Fax: 913.384.2180 www.scriptpro.com garrett at scriptpro dot com
