[HCoop-Discuss] Proposal to make Wiki frontpage read-only

[Aaron Hsu]

On Oct 23, 2006, at 5:04 PM, ntk at hcoop.net wrote:

>> On Oct 23, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Adam Chlipala wrote:
>>
>>> Michael Olson wrote:
>>>
>>>> I propose that we make the FrontPage of our wiki writable only to
>>>> members, and not to anonymous users.  The frontpage is the most
>>>> embarrassing place to find spam, and it is also the place that is
>>>> least useful for anonymous posters to modify.
>>>>
>>>> This can most likely be accomplished by adding the following  
>>>> line to
>>>> the top of the page.  Any objections?
>>>>
>>>> #acl Default All:read
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I wouldn't cry over this change, but it does seem unfortunate.  The
>>> MoinMoin anti-spam measures are very effective.  I subscribe to the
>>> RecentChanges RSS feed, so I'll catch and revert any graffiti
>>> within 24
>>> hours.  If more of us in different time zones did the same, we could
>>> keep the wiki philosophy and avoid the downsides.
>>
>> I would be willing to see what I could do as far as watching for spam
>> is concerned. I haven't really taken the time to work with the Wiki
>> much, but it would be nicer to be able to keep it to a "pure" wiki
>> rather than having to control parts of it.
>
> I'd rather not do this until we have to.  Wouldn't setting it as  
> writable
> by only logged-in users deal with most of the problem?  I've added  
> things
> to the front page a number of times, and protecting it prematurely  
> would
> be a hassle.

Are you suggesting that we don't let anonymous users edit the page or  
that we do?

Aaron W. Hsu
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