I don't think it's an issue. Just a minor point of confusion. :) It actually makes a lot of sense, especially now that I took away admin from everybody who doesn't need it.
Btw, if you want to make a new account and edit, you have to go through me. But I'm happy to give you edit access! On Tue, Jul 1, 2014 at 1:53 PM, Alex Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > Ah. My bad. > We had a discussion about our requirements to keep meeting minutes > unaltered after they were first posted; I think that's a byproduct of > that discussion. > > On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Ron Bowes <[email protected]> wrote: >> So, it turned out that Nate couldn't edit the 'meeting notes' page >> anymore. After some digging (Mediawiki is the worst software *EVER* to >> troubleshoot), it turns out that somebody (Alex :P) set the Meeting >> Notes page to 'protected'. That means normal users can't edit it, >> which is probably a smart idea. :) >> >> To fix, I bumped up Nate's access. The reason I'm telling you all is >> because, if you find yourself unable to edit something, this could be >> the cause. Talk to me if you have any issues! >> >> Ron >> >> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 3:27 PM, Alex Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Indeed, thanks for handling this Ron! >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 5:25 PM, Ron Bowes <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> We had strict rules for awhile, then I added a captcha to the main >>>> page that asked a question about sksp. That kept out spammers for >>>> awhile, so I opened up the rules. Apparently, at some point the >>>> ability to bypass it became obvious. >>>> >>>> I'm gonna change the registration captcha as well. It's gonna be, >>>> "What company is below us? Form: "R_______ architecture". >>>> >>>> Ron >>>> >>>> On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Justin Lacko <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Haha, well shit, I guess we can't have those lax registration/editing >>>>> rules >>>>> we had before! >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for fixing things Ron! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 30 June 2014 23:54, Ron Bowes <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Andrew pointed out to me, today, that the last 500 wiki changes were >>>>>> spam. Somebody should have said something! In any case, I fixed it, >>>>>> probably. >>>>>> >>>>>> TL;DR: >>>>>> http://wiki.skullspace.ca/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&limit=500 >>>>>> (currently, the last 2000+ changes are all deletes + bans by me :) ) >>>>>> >>>>>> Here's what I did: >>>>>> * Banned 'users' from posting or creating pages >>>>>> * Allowed 'bureaucrats' to post / created >>>>>> * Put every legitimate user I could find into 'bureaucrats' >>>>>> * Remove almost everyone from 'sysop' (aka, admin), because I don't >>>>>> like having random people in admin (if you want to be put back, no >>>>>> problem! Just let me know) >>>>>> * Generated a whitelist of all users in the 'bureaucrats' group >>>>>> (should be everybody who counts) >>>>>> * Deleted all users and all posts from people that weren't whitelisted >>>>>> >>>>>> :: WHAT YOU NEED TO DO :: >>>>>> >>>>>> If you use the wiki, please make sure your account is still there! >>>>>> Also, please take a look for any important pages you might of created, >>>>>> here's the master list: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://wiki.skullspace.ca/Special:AllPages >>>>>> >>>>>> If I deleted you by accident, let me know ASAP! I can restore stuff, >>>>>> but only for a couple days (till backups roll over). >>>>>> >>>>>> Also, PLEASE REPORT SPAM in the future! 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