Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Gwern Branwen wrote: ... > If I might suggest some users we might give the bit to: myself, dons, > Magnus Therning, Neil Mitchell, and byorgey. All have been editing the > wiki for some time, some have administrator experience on Wikipedia, > and all have commit bits for various Haskell repos (and so presumably > can be trusted). (Of course, this list isn't intended to be > exhaustive; they're just who comes to mind looking over Recent > Changes.) I've spoken with John Peterson (the other admin/bureaucrat besides Ashley), and he has no problem with giving these people the bit. If there aren't any objections by next Saturday/Sunday, I will email him and ask him to do so. -- gwern ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 08:22:25PM +0200, Daniel Fischer wrote: > Am Freitag 12 Juni 2009 18:46:41 schrieb Gwern Branwen: > > There are only 3 bureaucrats/admins; one is a dummy account, one is > > Ashley, and one is John Peterson (who hasn't edited for a year). > > > > One solution would be to have Ashley re-enable user registrations. > > This has been suggested before, but no one knows how bad the spam > > would be. Another solution would be to sysop a few users to > > admin/bureaucrat, so that even if a few are inactive or away, the rest > > can handle requests. > > I support that. > > > > > If I might suggest some users we might give the bit to: myself, dons, > > Magnus Therning, Neil Mitchell, and byorgey. > > I consider these users trustworthy. > Which of them besides Gwern are willing to take the job? Fine with me. -Brent ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 07:53:41PM +0200, Thomas ten Cate wrote: > This runs on MediaWiki, right? How about adding a CAPTCHA for account > registrations? What do we avoid at all costs? ___ |___| -- Felipe. ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
Daniel Fischer wrote: Am Freitag 12 Juni 2009 18:46:41 schrieb Gwern Branwen: There are only 3 bureaucrats/admins; one is a dummy account, one is Ashley, and one is John Peterson (who hasn't edited for a year). One solution would be to have Ashley re-enable user registrations. This has been suggested before, but no one knows how bad the spam would be. Another solution would be to sysop a few users to admin/bureaucrat, so that even if a few are inactive or away, the rest can handle requests. I support that. If I might suggest some users we might give the bit to: myself, dons, Magnus Therning, Neil Mitchell, and byorgey. I consider these users trustworthy. Which of them besides Gwern are willing to take the job? Cool, I'm up for it! /M -- Magnus Therning(OpenPGP: 0xAB4DFBA4) magnus＠therning．org Jabber: magnus＠therning．org http://therning.org/magnus identi.ca|twitter: magthe signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
Am Freitag 12 Juni 2009 18:46:41 schrieb Gwern Branwen: > There are only 3 bureaucrats/admins; one is a dummy account, one is > Ashley, and one is John Peterson (who hasn't edited for a year). > > One solution would be to have Ashley re-enable user registrations. > This has been suggested before, but no one knows how bad the spam > would be. Another solution would be to sysop a few users to > admin/bureaucrat, so that even if a few are inactive or away, the rest > can handle requests. I support that. > > If I might suggest some users we might give the bit to: myself, dons, > Magnus Therning, Neil Mitchell, and byorgey. I consider these users trustworthy. Which of them besides Gwern are willing to take the job? > All have been editing the > wiki for some time, some have administrator experience on Wikipedia, > and all have commit bits for various Haskell repos (and so presumably > can be trusted). (Of course, this list isn't intended to be > exhaustive; they're just who comes to mind looking over Recent > Changes.) ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 1:53 PM, Thomas ten Cate wrote: > This runs on MediaWiki, right? How about adding a CAPTCHA for account > registrations? > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit See http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/Special:Version ConfirmEdit would require an upgrade. - -- gwern -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREKAAYFAkoym4gACgkQvpDo5Pfl1oJHAwCghVWZxh2O+zi4WNp2VHBytXTH a6EAn2wlTz/pjp7vUfuaWZJ1WpNuyQ7m =k/yM -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
This runs on MediaWiki, right? How about adding a CAPTCHA for account registrations? http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit And, more generally: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam Cheers, Thomas On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 18:46, Gwern Branwen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA512 > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Philippa Cowderoy wrote: >> I'm hearing reports of people having difficulty obtaining accounts on >> the Haskell wiki, without which it is impossible to make edits. >> Currently, account creation is disabled as an anti-spam measure, and the >> idea is for people to mail the admin and request an account. If this is >> to work, accounts need to be granted reasonably quickly - so far, I'm >> aware of a case where after 4 days there has been no response. >> >> This is particularly problematic for Anglohaskell, as signups and the >> like are via the wiki page - as a temporary workaround, I'll (and anyone >> else willing to lend a hand who already has an account) have to make >> edits on others' behalf, which is a serious inconvenience for both >> myself and attendees, as well as something of a barrier to entry. >> >> What's going on, and how can we speed things up? > > Presumably Ashley is busy. > > http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/?title=Special%3AListusers&group=sysop > > There are only 3 bureaucrats/admins; one is a dummy account, one is > Ashley, and one is John Peterson (who hasn't edited for a year). > > One solution would be to have Ashley re-enable user registrations. > This has been suggested before, but no one knows how bad the spam > would be. Another solution would be to sysop a few users to > admin/bureaucrat, so that even if a few are inactive or away, the rest > can handle requests. > > If I might suggest some users we might give the bit to: myself, dons, > Magnus Therning, Neil Mitchell, and byorgey. All have been editing the > wiki for some time, some have administrator experience on Wikipedia, > and all have commit bits for various Haskell repos (and so presumably > can be trusted). (Of course, this list isn't intended to be > exhaustive; they're just who comes to mind looking over Recent > Changes.) > > - -- > gwern > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEAREKAAYFAkoyhm8ACgkQvpDo5Pfl1oLTzACfff/rM02Fy/b/VbCwIqgaWO/B > 39QAnAkZGKyOTg2zVpDw7NcwNkaED7Ln > =KXdO > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > ___ > Haskell-Cafe mailing list > Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe > ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
Re: [Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Philippa Cowderoy wrote: > I'm hearing reports of people having difficulty obtaining accounts on > the Haskell wiki, without which it is impossible to make edits. > Currently, account creation is disabled as an anti-spam measure, and the > idea is for people to mail the admin and request an account. If this is > to work, accounts need to be granted reasonably quickly - so far, I'm > aware of a case where after 4 days there has been no response. > > This is particularly problematic for Anglohaskell, as signups and the > like are via the wiki page - as a temporary workaround, I'll (and anyone > else willing to lend a hand who already has an account) have to make > edits on others' behalf, which is a serious inconvenience for both > myself and attendees, as well as something of a barrier to entry. > > What's going on, and how can we speed things up? Presumably Ashley is busy. http://haskell.org/haskellwiki/?title=Special%3AListusers&group=sysop There are only 3 bureaucrats/admins; one is a dummy account, one is Ashley, and one is John Peterson (who hasn't edited for a year). One solution would be to have Ashley re-enable user registrations. This has been suggested before, but no one knows how bad the spam would be. Another solution would be to sysop a few users to admin/bureaucrat, so that even if a few are inactive or away, the rest can handle requests. If I might suggest some users we might give the bit to: myself, dons, Magnus Therning, Neil Mitchell, and byorgey. All have been editing the wiki for some time, some have administrator experience on Wikipedia, and all have commit bits for various Haskell repos (and so presumably can be trusted). (Of course, this list isn't intended to be exhaustive; they're just who comes to mind looking over Recent Changes.) - -- gwern -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEAREKAAYFAkoyhm8ACgkQvpDo5Pfl1oLTzACfff/rM02Fy/b/VbCwIqgaWO/B 39QAnAkZGKyOTg2zVpDw7NcwNkaED7Ln =KXdO -END PGP SIGNATURE- ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
[Haskell-cafe] Wiki user accounts
I'm hearing reports of people having difficulty obtaining accounts on the Haskell wiki, without which it is impossible to make edits. Currently, account creation is disabled as an anti-spam measure, and the idea is for people to mail the admin and request an account. If this is to work, accounts need to be granted reasonably quickly - so far, I'm aware of a case where after 4 days there has been no response. This is particularly problematic for Anglohaskell, as signups and the like are via the wiki page - as a temporary workaround, I'll (and anyone else willing to lend a hand who already has an account) have to make edits on others' behalf, which is a serious inconvenience for both myself and attendees, as well as something of a barrier to entry. What's going on, and how can we speed things up? -- Philippa Cowderoy ___ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe
