[cgiapp] Anonymous home page editing?

[Ron Savage]

Hi Mark

On Mon, 2011-05-16 at 08:23 -0400, Mark Stosberg wrote:
> On 05/14/2011 02:20 AM, Joshua Miller wrote:
> > Is there a reason the home page can be modified by anyone sans-registration
> > and sans-approval?
> 
> No good reason. Does anyone want to be the "wiki admin" and see about
> making that change with the current software, or moving us to a
> better/newer wiki platform?

I'd like to know how exactly we are to judge a request from someone to
get access to updating the site.

Or is it the case the edits would take place on a non-public version,
which is reviewed by an editor?

> > I noticed some spam links were added, and removed them. It's easy enough to
> > remove, but seems like some sort of protection wouldn't hurt (email address
> > registration with captcha, or require manual approval of changes or of
> > users?). It probably doesn't matter a whole lot, since it has low traffic
> > and a small dedicated group. Just felt a bit weird that it was so easy to
> > modify.
> 
> This important. Eventually people will get worn down by fighting spam
> and give up. We should do better. I think our site has not been targeted
> so much because we use an uncommon wiki system.

I hadn't thought of that angle.

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