great job guys... I am so happy to know about the upgrades. Thanx and keep it up.
On 2/1/10, Abhishek Singh <aks.abhis...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear All, > This to to inform you that FOSS Nepal's MediaWiki portal > that was hosted at http://wiki.fossnepal.org is now available for use. > There has been a few changes to the wiki portal and the change-log is > enlisted below: > > 1. Based on the latest stable MediaWiki Engine *(version 1.15.1)* > 2. Installed extension "*CheckUser*" which grants users with > appropriate permission the ability to check user's IP address and > other information. > 3. Installed extension "*ConfirmAccount*" which tweaks the account > creation process and secures it in a way that user can no longer > create their account, but they can request account creation for > them and wiki administrator(s) and either accept or reject them. > 4. Installed extension "*ConfirmEdit*" which adds a simple maths > based captcha at the account request page so as to discourage > spamming of account requests. > 5. Installed extension "*AjaxShowEditors*" which displays a list of > users which has been editing the page that you're editing and > hence helps to resolve edit conflicts on the same page. > 6. Installed extension "*AntiBot*" which is a simple framework for > spambot checks and trigger payloads. > 7. Installed extension "*SocialBookmarking*" which uses "addthis.com" > and help readers/users bookmark a wiki page to many social media > sites like Digg, Twitter, Facebook etc. > 8. Last, but not the least, removed many spam users from the user > list and some unnecessary spam pages and edits. > > > I understand that disabling automatic account creation might discourage > you from contributing to wiki, but acting to the massive spam activities > over the wiki, I had no choice. Also this way, it makes sure that no > unauthorized user can make changes to your wiki contribution. Also I > would like to inform that while deleting some of the spam users I might > have mistakenly deleted some valid users (though I took utmost care that > I never delete a valid user), so please request your account if it has > been deleted. Moreover, I saw that some users have created multiple > accounts for themselves and haven't contributed even a word from any of > their account. Hence I would like to request every community member and > wiki user not to create multiple accounts and misuse the wiki. > > Finally, on behalf of the community, I would like to apologize all of > the wiki users for the inconvenience that this change in wiki and the > delay in making the wiki usable again has brought. Thank you for your > patience, support and contribution. > > -- > Abhishek Singh > FOSS Nepal Community > http://wiki.fossnepal.org > > -- > FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com > http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal > To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-nepal+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > > Mailing List Guidelines: > http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines > Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/ -- --------------------------------------------- Prabin Gautam M.Sc. Computing The University of Northampton Northamptonshire, UK -- FOSS Nepal mailing list: foss-nepal@googlegroups.com http://groups.google.com/group/foss-nepal To unsubscribe, e-mail: foss-nepal+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com Mailing List Guidelines: http://wiki.fossnepal.org/index.php?title=Mailing_List_Guidelines Community website: http://www.fossnepal.org/
