Re: Call for help: moving the kvm wiki

[Avi Kivity <avi@redhat.com>]

Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
>> 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.
>

I'm not the wiki's administrator.

> 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
>

This has happened, even with registration.

> * 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
>

I'm not worried about the registration burden, if someone is too lazy to 
register, they'll be lazy with the content as well.

> * 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

Definitely.

>   - 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.

Problem is, we're on an old version, with no prospect of upgrading.  
That's why I'd like to move to an existing, well maintained wiki host.

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