Requested. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-4066
On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 8:42 PM, Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Oct 21, 2011, at 20:17 , Robert Newson wrote: > > > +1 on Noah's non-Procedure. > > I claim that non-Procedure, good sir. > > Cheers > Jan > -- > > > > > B. > > > > On 21 October 2011 19:14, Noah Slater <nsla...@tumbolia.org> wrote: > >> Most productive edits come from regular contributors or members of the > >> community. Most drive-by edits come from spammers. In fact, there are > some > >> spammers with genuine accounts, who make very purposeful and directed > edits > >> to inject links inconspicuously. > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 7:06 PM, Pepijn de Vos <pepijnde...@yahoo.com > >wrote: > >> > >>> I wonder what the demography is of contributors. Are they all > contributors > >>> and list members, or is there a reasonable portion of users that just > walk > >>> by, fix something and walk on. > >>> > >>> On Oct 21, 2011, at 7:58 PM, Noah Slater wrote: > >>> > >>>> Yeah, I don't think we need a Procedure™ in place for this. > >>>> > >>>> Basically, as long as a wiki admin adds you to the contributor list, > >>> you're > >>>> good to go. How you reach out to that admin, or how they find out > about > >>> your > >>>> request, is unimportant. We should present plenty of options for > people > >>> to > >>>> contact one of us. > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 6:10 PM, Paul Davis < > paul.joseph.da...@gmail.com > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Oct 21, 2011, at 18:57 , Noah Slater wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Sounds good to me. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> "Open a JIRA to get a wiki account" sounds very bad to me. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I understand we gotta get the spam under control, but asking > >>>>>> people to sign up in two places and put a potentially long > >>>>>> manual setup process will kill almost any contribution energy. > >>>>>> Heck, I try to avoid the wiki as much as I can as is. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> <insert handwavey suggestion to a better alternative> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> (I got nothing for now apart from moving to a better wiki, sorry) > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Cheers > >>>>>> Jan > >>>>>> -- > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> I agree with Jan about multiple signups. I'd say an email to any list > >>>>> or any IRC request is more than enough to get wiki edits is fine. > >>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 5:55 PM, Benoit Chesneau < > bchesn...@gmail.com > >>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Friday, October 21, 2011, Noah Slater <nsla...@tumbolia.org> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> To JIRA you mean? > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> yes > >>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 10:27 AM, Benoit Chesneau < > >>>>> bchesn...@gmail.com > >>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Fri, Oct 21, 2011 at 2:26 AM, Noah Slater < > nsla...@tumbolia.org > >>>> > >>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> Hey, > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On advice from Gavin McDonald, I'd like to suggest that we lock > >>> down > >>>>>>>> the > >>>>>>>>>>> wiki to a list of pre-approved users. To get approved to make > >>> edits, > >>>>>>>> you > >>>>>>>>>>> would submit a request to one of the mailing lists or to one of > >>> the > >>>>>>>> wiki > >>>>>>>>>>> admins or committers. That's it. It should remove the need to > >>>>> protect > >>>>>>>>>> pages > >>>>>>>>>>> like the "in the wild" stuff and the people on the couch. Other > >>>>>>>> projects > >>>>>>>>>>> have implemented this and they get absolutely no spam as a > result. > >>>>>>>>>>> Infrastructure suggested we move to it, and I wanna see what > >>> people > >>>>>>>> think > >>>>>>>>>>> about it. > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> More info here: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> +1 > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Maybe approval requests could also be submitted as tickets? > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> - benoit > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>>> > >>>>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >
