On May 25, 2008 14:09:27 Paul Rudkin wrote:
> Hello gPodders!
>
> In recent months the gPodder Wiki was getting plagued by spambots, so
> editing had to be disabled so that the information could be preserved.
>
> Over the last few days a new gPodder Wiki has been created using
> MediaWiki[1] the Wiki engine that powers Wikipedia[2]!
>
> All the information from the old wiki has been copied across to the new
> one so all your contributions have not been lost, however unlike the
> last wiki you will need to create an account before you can edit.
>
> Please keep your documentation contributions flowing over at
> http://wiki.gpodder.org (if your DNS servers have not updated yet you
> can access the wiki at http://gpodderwiki.thegithouse.com)
>
> I hope that using MediaWiki[1] will give us all more flexibility when
> creating articles.   Over the coming days/weeks I will add some help
> links etc giving quick access to formatting examples etc.
>
> If in the meantime you have any issues then please post them to the
> mailing-list or send me an email directly.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Paul Rudkin
>
> [1] http://www.mediawiki.org
> [2] http://www.wikipedia.org
>

Hello Paul,

That's really good news, I love mediawiki :D

I found that a really simple way to cut down on the spam is to use 
reCAPTCHA[1]. It only takes ~5 minutes to install and it reduced the spam on 
my wiki to about 1 spam per month (as opposed to > 30).

nick

[1] http://recaptcha.net/
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