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/ _______________________________________________ gpodder-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/gpodder-devel
