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Posted to dev@spamassassin.apache.org by Justin Mason <jm...@jmason.org> on 2004/07/15 20:04:47 UTC
wiki spam
Apparently, the apache wiki folks have a patch that can be enabled which
requires that a Wiki page editor have a UserPreferences account before
they can change a page.
In other words, they must set themselves up an account on the wiki.
It's a trivial operation, but hard to automate.
I know this is a big deal in terms of "the wiki way" -- but how would
people feel about switching this on for the SpamAssassin wiki, to curtail
the spam?
--j.
Re: wiki spam
Posted by Michael Parker <pa...@pobox.com>.
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:04:47AM -0700, Justin Mason wrote:
> Apparently, the apache wiki folks have a patch that can be enabled which
> requires that a Wiki page editor have a UserPreferences account before
> they can change a page.
+1 on turning it on for SA wiki.
Michael
Re: wiki spam
Posted by Bob Menschel <Ro...@Menschel.net>.
Hello Justin,
Thursday, July 15, 2004, 11:04:47 AM, you wrote:
JM> I know this is a big deal in terms of "the wiki way" -- but how
JM> would people feel about switching this on for the SpamAssassin
JM> wiki, to curtail the spam?
+1
Works well for the rules wiki at exit0.us
Bob Menschel
Re: wiki spam
Posted by Matthew Cline <ma...@nightrealms.com>.
On Thursday 15 July 2004 06:04 pm, Justin Mason wrote:
> Apparently, the apache wiki folks have a patch that can be enabled which
> requires that a Wiki page editor have a UserPreferences account before
> they can change a page.
+1
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Re: wiki spam
Posted by Sidney Markowitz <si...@sidney.com>.
I'm ok with requiring a login if that works. Is there any reason to have
it active for anything except the sandbox page other than the patch
would have to be modified to test something in the page template?
-- sidney
Re: wiki spam
Posted by Daniel Quinlan <qu...@pathname.com>.
jm@jmason.org (Justin Mason) writes:
> I know this is a big deal in terms of "the wiki way" -- but how would
> people feel about switching this on for the SpamAssassin wiki, to curtail
> the spam?
+0.5 I'd strongly prefer some other method to eliminate wiki spam, but
this is acceptable in the short run.
Daniel
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Re: wiki spam
Posted by Theo Van Dinter <fe...@kluge.net>.
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 11:04:47AM -0700, Justin Mason wrote:
> I know this is a big deal in terms of "the wiki way" -- but how would
> people feel about switching this on for the SpamAssassin wiki, to curtail
> the spam?
+1 :)
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Re: wiki spam
Posted by Sidney Markowitz <si...@sidney.com>.
Jesse Houwing wrote:
> Malte S. Stretz wrote:
>> Another solution I've seen used Captchas
[...]
> An alternative solution is to add a masked-word-image
That's what a captcha is, or at least one form of it:
"Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans
Apart" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha
-- sidney
Re: wiki spam
Posted by Jesse Houwing <j....@student.utwente.nl>.
Malte S. Stretz wrote:
>Heh. I received the answers before the question, pretty confusing ;)
>
>On Thursday 15 July 2004 20:04 CET Justin Mason wrote:
>
>
>>In other words, they must set themselves up an account on the wiki.
>>It's a trivial operation, but hard to automate.
>>
>>
>
>Another solution I've seen used Captchas. I'm not sure where I saw that
>though.
>
>
>
>>I know this is a big deal in terms of "the wiki way" -- but how would
>>people feel about switching this on for the SpamAssassin wiki, to curtail
>>the spam?
>>
>>
>
>+1 on that. I know other Wikis where a login is mandatory and also like to
>see who edited a page :)
>
>
An alternative solution is to add a masked-word-image and ask people to
type the word in question to conform their edit. Maybe both?
Jesse
Re: wiki spam
Posted by "Malte S. Stretz" <ms...@gmx.net>.
Heh. I received the answers before the question, pretty confusing ;)
On Thursday 15 July 2004 20:04 CET Justin Mason wrote:
> In other words, they must set themselves up an account on the wiki.
> It's a trivial operation, but hard to automate.
Another solution I've seen used Captchas. I'm not sure where I saw that
though.
> I know this is a big deal in terms of "the wiki way" -- but how would
> people feel about switching this on for the SpamAssassin wiki, to curtail
> the spam?
+1 on that. I know other Wikis where a login is mandatory and also like to
see who edited a page :)
Cheers,
Malte
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