The normal open source action for preventing problems like this is to leave
permissions open and monitor all changes.

Then respond to problems as they (rarely) arise.


On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 8:33 AM Rumar, Maksym <maksym.ru...@hpe.com> wrote:

> "Any destructive action could be reverted because the wiki is a
> repository itself"
> ​Yes, but if we leave the wiki open, then, how we can be sure if the wiki
> wouldn't be destructed? For example, if would be added or removed some
> lines deliberately or not. How and when we will know about it? It already
> sounds wrong: "to verify changes after it's applying".
>
> And a question is even not in spammers. Of course, they are dangerous, but
> first of all, we talk about the quality of documentation. For example,
> someone decided to document, that Drill can't do something, but in reality,
> it does. Then, someone other, when reading this wrong information on the
> official source of the project will believe in it. I think it's wrong and
> it's dangerous.
>
> Regards,
> Maksym
>
> ________________________________
> Від: James Turton <ja...@somecomputer.xyz>
> Надіслано: 24 листопада 2021 р. 18:04
> Кому: dev@drill.apache.org <dev@drill.apache.org>; Rumar, Maksym <
> maksym.ru...@hpe.com>
> Тема: Re: Drill Wiki Access
>
> Hi Maksym
>
> This is a good point, thank you.  I wonder if we could restrict the wiki
> to "collaborators", or whatever the relevant Github concept is for those
> who are able to push to the code repo.  I also wonder if there is any
> need.  Any destructive action could be reverted because the wiki is a
> repository itself.  I wonder if desperate spammers go so far as to
> deface open source project wikis, it wouldn't surprise me.
>
> James
>
> On 2021/11/24 17:57, Rumar, Maksym wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I just found that I can add and edit any page on Drill Wiki. So, it
> means, that anybody can add and remove anything he would like. What do you
> think about it? Whether project should have open documentation for all?
> >
> > As I know, GitHub doesn't support pull requests for the wiki repository,
> so it's a question of how should look process of changing Drill wiki. What
> are your thoughts about it?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Maksym
> >
>
>

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