Re: Call for help: moving the kvm wiki

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>]

> As you may have noticed, the kvm wiki is overrun by spammers.  It the
> past I've regularly cleaned up the spam, but some time ago I've given up.
> 
> So I'm looking for a volunteer to locate a spam-free public wiki host
> (candidates include wiki.kernel.org and fedorahosted.org) and transfer
> the contents (minus the spam).  I don't think we need to transfer the
> editing history, but the conversion should adapt to the target's wiki
> syntax.

Just use captcha or a similar system with your existing wiki.

My experience with administering wikis is:

* if you don't use any preventive measures, your wiki will turn into a
   collection of garbage very soon, unless you spend lots of time
   monitoring changes

* requiring users to register before using the wiki results in:
   - much less contributions from users - very big disadvantage,
   - fewer spam, but bots can register, so some spam will go through

* using captcha or a similar system prevents 100% of spam
   - lots of people don't like captchas very much, as often they are hard
     to read
   - personally, on my site (http://wpkg.org) user has to solve a simple
     mathematics equation before the changes are accepted, like:

       10 + 7 = ... [Accept button]


So I suggest going through a list of extensions/plugins for MoinMoin 
(this is the wiki KVM uses), choosing something appropriate, and the 
spam should be gone.


-- 
Tomasz Chmielewski
http://wpkg.org