Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-19 Thread Vic
> I didn't put MoinMoin in place and I've no axe to grind as to how we > protect it - I'm open to any sensible suggestion. I've used BadBehavior in the past to protect wikis - see http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/ . It's very effective at protecting MediaWiki installations (which is what I use e

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Anton Piatek
On 18 September 2010 18:59, Andy Random wrote: > On Sat, 18 Sep 2010, Anton Piatek wrote: >> I think OpenID is a good compromise for registering (and doesn't require a >> new password) >> >> Thoughts? > > If MoinMoin can easily be configured to use OpenID that sounds like a good > option to me. >

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Andy Random
On Sat, 18 Sep 2010, Anton Piatek wrote: I think OpenID is a good compromise for registering (and doesn't require a new password) Thoughts? If MoinMoin can easily be configured to use OpenID that sounds like a good option to me. IIRC last time this was discussed on the list nobody voiced

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Anton Piatek
I think OpenID is a good compromise for registering (and doesn't require a new password) Thoughts? Anton On 18 Sep 2010 18:31, "Dr A. J. Trickett" wrote: > On Saturday 18 Sep 2010, Anton Piatek wrote: >> Has OpenID been suggested for the Wiki? I'm not familiar with moin moin but >> am happy to

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
On Saturday 18 Sep 2010, Anton Piatek wrote: > Has OpenID been suggested for the Wiki? I'm not familiar with moin moin but > am happy to help try implement it. I didn't put MoinMoin in place and I've no axe to grind as to how we protect it - I'm open to any sensible suggestion. I think the conse

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Dr A. J. Trickett
On Saturday 18 Sep 2010, Tony Whitmore wrote: > > > > 1) The wiki is getting hammered with SPAM again. I do my best to keep on > > top > > of it but it's getting tedious. The wiki is also suffering from lack of > > attention, only a small number of people contribute and the content is a > > little

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Anton Piatek
Has OpenID been suggested for the Wiki? I'm not familiar with moin moin but am happy to help try implement it. Anton On 18 Sep 2010 15:32, "Tony Whitmore" wrote: > Hants LUG Chairman wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I hope everyone has had a good summer! I have a few important things to >> say. >> >> 1) The

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Tony Whitmore
Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > Hi, > > I hope everyone has had a good summer! I have a few important things to > say. > > 1) The wiki is getting hammered with SPAM again. I do my best to keep on > top > of it but it's getting tedious. The wiki is also suffering from lack of > attention, only a small n

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki, book reviews and AGM

2010-09-18 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, I hope everyone has had a good summer! I have a few important things to say. 1) The wiki is getting hammered with SPAM again. I do my best to keep on top of it but it's getting tedious. The wiki is also suffering from lack of attention, only a small number of people contribute and the conte

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-26 Thread Adam John Trickett
> Indeed, I had thought there was a good chance that given MoinMoin is > used by Debian, Ubuntu, Apache and more, that it would be relatively > spam-free out-of-the-box, or if not out-of-the-box, then plugins would > surely exist to address spam. I'm not sure this has been born out. Or > perhaps we

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-26 Thread Daniel Pope
On 26/07/10 09:50, Tony Whitmore wrote: Although I was aware of the changeover, I rather assumed that all the equivalent protection and spam prevention methods would be implemented on the new one. Perhaps that was naive of me. As you say, the AbuseMod patches weren't perfect they did a reasonably

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-26 Thread Edward Beckmann
Agree with Sean - if it's worth posting, it's worth registering. Thanks Ed -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-26 Thread Tony Whitmore
On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:39:24 +0100, Hugo Mills wrote: >I would suggest that whoever's in charge of the current > install/configuration take a look at the original set of patches for > (Ab)UseMod and work out how to implement those on the new wiki engine. > (I would expect that at least some o

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Hugo Mills
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:52:18AM +0100, Adam Trickett wrote: > Since the Wiki re-fresh it has been plagued with SPAM, today I've checked and > nearly a dozen pages have been spammed this weekend. All I seem to do with > the > site is remove spam from it. It seems a shame that all of the ef

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Adrian Bridgett
If someone is feeling like some development work, take a look at mollom: http://mollom.com/download Adrian -- bitcube.co.uk - Expert Linux infrastructure consultancy Puppet, Debian, Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Lisi
On Sunday 25 July 2010 17:06:48 Tim wrote: > On Sunday 25 July 2010 15:25:44 Sean Gibbins wrote: > > On 25/07/10 11:52, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Since the Wiki re-fresh it has been plagued with SPAM, today I've > > > checked and nearly a dozen pages have been spammed this wee

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Tim
On Sunday 25 July 2010 15:25:44 Sean Gibbins wrote: > On 25/07/10 11:52, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Since the Wiki re-fresh it has been plagued with SPAM, today I've checked > > and nearly a dozen pages have been spammed this weekend. All I seem to do > > with the site is remove spam

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Andy Smith
Hi Adam, On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 11:52:18AM +0100, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > 1) Leave as is, and hope I and a few others still have the will to keep the > viagra adds to a minimum. It would be good if something was done, but if nothing can be then I think a spam-filled wiki is still better tha

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Sean Gibbins
On 25/07/10 11:52, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: Hi, Since the Wiki re-fresh it has been plagued with SPAM, today I've checked and nearly a dozen pages have been spammed this weekend. All I seem to do with the site is remove spam from it. Our wiki is an open site that allows any one to edit them in

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Victor Churchill
I am with the majority here. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread John Cooper
On 25/07/10 11:52, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: > Hi, > > Since the Wiki re-fresh it has been plagued with SPAM, today I've checked and > nearly a dozen pages have been spammed this weekend. All I seem to do with > the > site is remove spam from it. > > Our wiki is an open site that allows any on

Re: [Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Chris Dennis
On 25/07/10 11:52, Hants LUG Chairman wrote: Hi, Since the Wiki re-fresh it has been plagued with SPAM, today I've checked and nearly a dozen pages have been spammed this weekend. All I seem to do with the site is remove spam from it. Our wiki is an open site that allows any one to edit them in

[Hampshire] [ADMIN] Wiki

2010-07-25 Thread Hants LUG Chairman
Hi, Since the Wiki re-fresh it has been plagued with SPAM, today I've checked and nearly a dozen pages have been spammed this weekend. All I seem to do with the site is remove spam from it. Our wiki is an open site that allows any one to edit them in the hope that people contribute to the site