From: Henrik Horneber <ryco@...>
Date: 2004-11-11T04:06:04+09:00
Subject: Re: new spam at the wiki

Asfand Yar Qazi wrote:
> Jim Weirich wrote:
> 
>> On Wednesday 10 November 2004 02:00 am, Edwin Eyan Moragas wrote:
>>
>>> been checking my pages and it looks like we've got a new spammer on 
>>> board.
>>>
>>> here's what it looks like:
>>>
>>> <SPAM>
>>> <code style="visibility:hidden;display:none">
>>
>>
>>
>> Wow.  This shows up as a blank line when viewing the page diffs.  I 
>> totally missed this when reviewing page changes.
>>
>> Thanks for calling this to our attention.
>>
> 
> Why isn't the Wiki password-protected so that only authorised users can 
> edit it?  I'm sure there could be a scheme where some moderators get 
> sent 'patches' which they then apply at their discretion?
> 
> I'm just asking, not trying to impose my desires or anything.....
> 

Hi!

Well, the main reason is, I guess,  that it's against the 'Wiki Way'.
The main point of a wiki is that anybody can edit it. Since most of the 
spam is being inserted by bots, that should be reduced to 'any human can 
edit it'. :)

regards,
Henrik