On Tue, 13 Sep 2011 21:24:57 +0200 Kai-Martin Knaak <kn...@iqo.uni-hannover.de> wrote:
> Geoff Swan wrote: > > > +1 I think it unlikely that a gEDA wiki would be targeted. > > It is very likely to be targeted by semi clever spam bots. I administrate > a couple of wikis. Plain, anonymous write accesss had to be disabled because > they caught spam bots trying to distribute their spew after a few weeks. > Captchas work well for edits works as an antidot. But they are a hassle to > legitimate users, too. > > The only site I know, that manage to get away with open write access to > anyone and anything are those with a massive amount of users. I see no problem with prohibiting anonymous edits. It takes only about 20 seconds to create a login, and you only have to do it once. Regards, Colin _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user