Right; good point :) I agree that lowering as much as possible the barriers to contribution is important for a community wiki to be successful. I'm optimistic that we can find a mechanism to curb spam without discouraging the present level of contribution.
Steve Bohlen [email protected] http://blog.unhandled-exceptions.com http://twitter.com/sbohlen On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 11:47 AM, Fabio Maulo <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > >
