Re: [KJ] the current situation for the KJ wiki

[Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.com>]

On Thu, 1 Feb 2007 04:16:39 -0500 (EST) Robert P. J. Day wrote:

> On Thu, 1 Feb 2007, Jaco Kroon wrote:
> 
> > Correct, but in many cases OCR software can decipher them, and when
> > that isn't simple enough a human spammer can solve them at around a
> > captcha every 5 seconds, stil allowing a spammer to do about 20
> > posts per minute, permitting he's willing to sit there the whole day
> > and solve captchas.  Or man-in-the-middle if he can construct a
> > "popular" site on which to represent the captchas to other people to
> > solve.
> 
> what about making the wiki *not* world-writable, in the sense of not
> even allowing arbitrary people to register for accounts before they
> start editing?
> 
> i realize that (sort of) defeats the purpose of a wiki but, really,
> how many people plan on doing editing anyway?  the current ToDo list
> is *totally* immutable.  perhaps we can find a middle ground where, if
> you have a *legitimate* need to edit the wiki -- perhaps because
> you're taking on a project -- then someone with the authority will
> arrange for you to get an account.

You are supposed to be able to edit the wiki at
http://kernelnewbies.org/KernelJanitors/Todo
just by registering there as a user...
Does that not work?
... yes, just register and login, then edit away.

> it's not perfect, but it *would* stop the spammers, wouldn't it?


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~Randy
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