Thanks John. For others: we had a closed wiki and the result was NO WIKI from users
On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 12:17 PM, John Davidson <[email protected]> wrote: > Community Server uses a Wiki which NHForge repurposes as a Blog. It is open > for any registered user to enter or revise data as any wiki is. We could > manage all requests for user accounts, but if you do, you can expect that > only the most determined of new users would every create a blog entry in > NHForge as the barrier for entry becomes too high. > > Also any registered user can create a comment on a Wiki entry. This is > where the majority of spam is. > > > Community Server can use a restricted list, but if we do then it will > become useless as a blog entry tool, as the user will need to be entered as > an editor by an administrator. > > So it is possible to control who becomes a registered user, or who becomes > an editor, but it is not very desirable to do so as it will require multiple > administrators to keep up with valid requests and it becomes difficult to > easily screen these anyway. > > John Davidson > > > On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:06 AM, Gabriel Schenker <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I'd vote for restricting the group of users who can edit the wiki. Only on >> request a user is added to the group of editors. The moment such an editor >> abuses its rights he/she is banned >> >> >> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 9:57 AM, Diego Mijelshon >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> That's not correct. You can have a list of people allowed to edit the >>> wiki. >>> That is how all wikis work, including Wikipedia (even if that one >>> defaults to allowing everyone) >>> Now, if, the software we're using does not support that, it's a different >>> problem... >>> >>> Diego >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:47, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Diego Mijelshon < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> A Wiki does not have to be editable for everyone... >>>>> >>>>> Diego >>>>> >>>>> >>>> That is a blogpost not a WIKI. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Fabio Maulo >>>> >>>> >>> >> > -- Fabio Maulo
