Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-03 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 03.06.2014 15:08, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > On 03.06.2014 14:06, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:05 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >>> FYI: I've renamed the group page to EditorsGroup. That's a better >>> fit for what we intend to use it for. >>> >>> If people show a good track record

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-03 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 03.06.2014 14:06, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:05 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> FYI: I've renamed the group page to EditorsGroup. That's a better >> fit for what we intend to use it for. >> >> If people show a good track record they can then be moved on >> to the TrustedEditor

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-03 Thread Chris Angelico
On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 9:05 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > FYI: I've renamed the group page to EditorsGroup. That's a better > fit for what we intend to use it for. > > If people show a good track record they can then be moved on > to the TrustedEditorsGroup, which removes the need to enter > textchas

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-03 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 31.05.2014 22:49, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Hello, > > in recent weeks, the Python Wiki has seen an increasing amount of > spam and vandalism: > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/RecentChanges?max_days=60 > > Since the textchas we've been using apparently no longer serve their > intended purposes,

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-02 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 01.06.2014 05:48, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On May 31, 2014, at 10:49 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > >> I've added a new user group called NewUsersGroup, which does >> get editing rights, but we'll have to manage this manually and >> new users who want to receive editing rights will have to write >> to

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-02 Thread Aurélien DESBRIÈRES
Barry Warsaw writes: > On Jun 02, 2014, at 12:39 AM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > >>You need to count non-reverted edits before and after the certain date. >>That's all. And am curious about Mailman - it is clear that for w.p.o there >>is no stats yet. > > I suppose it's possible to get some stats

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Jun 02, 2014, at 12:39 AM, anatoly techtonik wrote: >You need to count non-reverted edits before and after the certain date. >That's all. And am curious about Mailman - it is clear that for w.p.o there >is no stats yet. I suppose it's possible to get some stats out of the Mailman wiki, but al

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-01 Thread Carl Karsten
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 4:39 PM, anatoly techtonik wrote: > But here's the disagreement: some people think that the barrier to editing >> public Internet sites should be low and yet magically repel defacement; >> others >> think that getting serious contributors to demonstrate their commitment to

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-01 Thread Paul Boddie
On Sunday 1. June 2014 23.39.55 anatoly techtonik wrote: > > You need to count non-reverted edits before and after the certain date. > That's all. > And am curious about Mailman - it is clear that for w.p.o there is no stats > yet. There is probably a way to get stats, but it isn't a high priorit

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-01 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 9:53 PM, Paul Boddie wrote: > On Sunday 1. June 2014 19.55.44 anatoly techtonik wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > > > On May 31, 2014, at 10:49 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > > > >I've added a new user group called NewUsersGroup, which does > > >

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-01 Thread Paul Boddie
On Sunday 1. June 2014 19.55.44 anatoly techtonik wrote: > On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > > On May 31, 2014, at 10:49 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > > >I've added a new user group called NewUsersGroup, which does > > >get editing rights, but we'll have to manage this manually an

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-06-01 Thread anatoly techtonik
On Sun, Jun 1, 2014 at 6:48 AM, Barry Warsaw wrote: > On May 31, 2014, at 10:49 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > > >I've added a new user group called NewUsersGroup, which does > >get editing rights, but we'll have to manage this manually and > >new users who want to receive editing rights will have to

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-05-31 Thread Barry Warsaw
On May 31, 2014, at 10:49 PM, M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >I've added a new user group called NewUsersGroup, which does >get editing rights, but we'll have to manage this manually and >new users who want to receive editing rights will have to write >to this mailing list to be added to the group. TBH, we

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-05-31 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
On 31.05.2014 23:04, Paul Boddie wrote: > On Saturday 31. May 2014 22.49.58 M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> Hello, >> >> in recent weeks, the Python Wiki has seen an increasing amount of >> spam and vandalism: >> >> https://wiki.python.org/moin/RecentChanges?max_days=60 >> >> Since the textchas we've been

Re: [pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-05-31 Thread Paul Boddie
On Saturday 31. May 2014 22.49.58 M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Hello, > > in recent weeks, the Python Wiki has seen an increasing amount of > spam and vandalism: > > https://wiki.python.org/moin/RecentChanges?max_days=60 > > Since the textchas we've been using apparently no longer serve their > intend

[pydotorg-www] Vandalism/spam on wiki.python.org: changes to default permissions

2014-05-31 Thread M.-A. Lemburg
Hello, in recent weeks, the Python Wiki has seen an increasing amount of spam and vandalism: https://wiki.python.org/moin/RecentChanges?max_days=60 Since the textchas we've been using apparently no longer serve their intended purposes, I've now pulled the plug and disabled editing permissions fo