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

[Michael Olson]

Adam Chlipala <adamc at hcoop.net> writes:

> 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 honestly don't think that "the wiki philosophy" will be seriously
harmed if we make FrontPage only writable to those who have registered
with the wiki.  It's not like there isn't plenty of precedent for
doing this in other wikis, such as the Fedora project wiki.

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