Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
As you may have noticed, the kvm wiki is overrun by spammers. It the
past I've regularly cleaned up the spam, but some time ago I've given
up.
So I'm looking for a volunteer to locate a spam-free public wiki host
(candidates include wiki.kernel.org and fedorahosted.org) and transfer
the contents (minus the spam). I don't think we need to transfer the
editing history, but the conversion should adapt to the target's wiki
syntax.
Just use captcha or a similar system with your existing wiki.
I'm not the wiki's administrator.
My experience with administering wikis is:
* if you don't use any preventive measures, your wiki will turn into a
collection of garbage very soon, unless you spend lots of time
monitoring changes
This has happened, even with registration.
* requiring users to register before using the wiki results in:
- much less contributions from users - very big disadvantage,
- fewer spam, but bots can register, so some spam will go through
I'm not worried about the registration burden, if someone is too lazy to
register, they'll be lazy with the content as well.
* using captcha or a similar system prevents 100% of spam
- lots of people don't like captchas very much, as often they are hard
to read
Definitely.
- personally, on my site (http://wpkg.org) user has to solve a simple
mathematics equation before the changes are accepted, like:
10 + 7 = ... [Accept button]
So I suggest going through a list of extensions/plugins for MoinMoin
(this is the wiki KVM uses), choosing something appropriate, and the
spam should be gone.
Problem is, we're on an old version, with no prospect of upgrading.
That's why I'd like to move to an existing, well maintained wiki host.
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