Thank you Mike for getting this going!
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Mike Kienenberger <mkien...@gmail.com>wrote: > I've requested Infra to help us make this happen. > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-6191 > > On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Mike Kienenberger <mkien...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > So I've been poking around for a while to try to set up > > AdminGroup/ContributorsGroup, and I know what the pages should look > > like. > > > > But I don't currently have the permissions to make the changes myself. > > > > http://wiki.apache.org/general/HowToBeWikiAdministrator > > > > Does anyone here already have Wiki Administrator permissions? > > > > Or apsite permission on minotaur? > > > > If not, I'll need to contact infrastructure. > > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:19 PM, Mike Kienenberger <mkien...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> My recommendation is that we set up an AdminGroup, probably with all > >> committers in it. > >> > >> Then we add additional people to the ContributorsGroup as desired. > >> > >> > >> http://wiki.apache.org/general/WikiFrequentlyAskedQuestions > >> > >> http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm > >> ============= > >> per wiki access control - tighten your wiki just a little, benefit just > a lot > >> > >> Long sub-title for a fairly long subject. > >> > >> The MoinMoin wiki is very configurable, more so than some might think. > >> Of course, wikis are meant to be open, for complete and utter open > >> collaboration. That is appreciated. However, there are some that would > >> like a balance between open wiki and having to spend time cleaning up > >> spam each week. Times change, and the reality is, spammers are here > >> and in greater numbers than before. What can we do? Well, here is a > >> suggestion - and one that can be easily implemented and takes but 2 > >> minutes (for infra) to set up. > >> > >> Have your project wiki editable only by a custom trusted group - that > >> need not be committers only - it can in fact still be anybody who > >> wants to edit your wiki, they just need to ask one time for edit > >> access and thats it. Is this an incovenience? To ask once for access, > >> I don't think so. After all as a potential contributor to your wiki > >> you (project) will already be conversing with the potential > >> contributor via the mailing lists right? How much pain is it to add > >> someone to the custom trusted group once it has been set up? , no pain > >> at all, a member of the projects AdminGroup edits one wiki page, adds > >> the users WikiuserName to the bottom of the list and save the page! 10 > >> seconds maybe and your done. For the amount of times you will have to > >> do that as opposed to the amount of times you spend cleaning up spam - > >> you work out which is better. > >> > >> The spamassassin wiki is a good example - those in the project wikis > >> AdminGroup can add folks to the projects ContributorsGroup and that's > >> it. How much spam has spamassassin received since this was setup ? > >> Zero, Zilch, Nil, Nada. > >> > >> Remember also, any page can have its own access control which > >> overrides and per wiki and per farm defaults - This page does just > >> that, as does LocalBadContent and BadContent pages. > >> ============= > >> > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Mike Kienenberger <mkien...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> Probably it's time to enable some kind of protection for the wiki. > >>> > >>> I've been hoping to avoid that, but the amount of spam the past two > >>> weeks has finally exceeded my willingness to continue fixing by hand. > >>> > >>> Is anyone who is subscribed to infrastructure willing to look into > >>> this? If no takers, I guess I'll sign up and see what can be done. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Cagatay Civici > >>> <cagatay.civ...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> > >>>> Does anyone know how can I unsubscribe from wiki as it is full of spam > >>>> everyday. > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> > >>>> Cagatay Civici > >>>> PrimeFaces Lead > >>>> www.primefaces.org > >>>> >
