On 4 Aug 2011, at 03:32, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > I've got completely lost in all the mutations of the "Refactoring" > thread, and don't recall all that has been said, so please forgive me if > what I'm about to suggest has been dealt with already. > > Two low-barrier methods I have seen work quite successfully on wikis, > forums, and similar sites are: > > 1) People must ask for an account; they can't self-subscribe. Nothing is > required except a few words about who you are and why you want an > account. Any one of several people authorised to approve or reject these > requests can deal with them expeditiously. Very few spammers, in my > experience, take the trouble to actually request accounts. > > 2) Alternatively, or in addition, the first X edits/ contributions/ > whatever are moderated by a group of people, any one of whom can approve > or reject the items. After X acceptable contributions, the person is > then allowed to edit the wiki without further supervision -- until or > unless they start posting inappropriate material such as spam. Again, > very few spammers will take the trouble to post some useful info before > going into spam mode. > > These methods deal with the vast majority, if not all, of the concerns I > have seen Rob expressing about systems with no control at all, but at > the same time they do not require more time or commitment on the > contributors' part to be authorised to participate. > > AFAIK, most wikis & similar sites provide some way to limit the editing > of specific pages to a smaller group of people (admins or whatever).
These both seem good proposals. S.
