[ubuntu-za] Wiki Spam - turn off anonymous edits?

[Vijay Makanjee]

Sounds like a good idea to me.

Vijay Makanjee
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Jan Kroeze wrote:
> I don't have a problem with it. Perhaps it's not the perfect solution, 
> but it's better than spam :/
> 
> On 11/10/2007, *Morgan Collett* < morgan at ubuntu.com 
> <mailto:morgan at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
> 
>     We've been having a lot of wiki spam on www.ubuntu-za.org
>     <http://www.ubuntu-za.org>. Craig has
>     opened a ticket a while ago for the Canonical sysadmins to advise us
>     on dealing with this, and I think there may be moin plugins that can
>     help - but until we have something more reliable (and less manual than
>     Craig's several edits a day to remove spam) the quickest action would
>     be to stop anonymous edits.
> 
>     That would require everyone to create a profile and log in on the wiki
>     before being able to edit. I think most people who do edit the wiki do
>     log in, unless they forget (as has happened to me on occasion).
> 
>     Comments? Anyone against this?
> 
>     Regards
>     Morgan
> 
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