[PD] pdpedia and spam

[marius schebella]

Philip Potter wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> thanks for your feedback. Based on the response, it doesn't seem worth
> it clearing the spam up by hand, but there have been some interesting
> suggestions for how to maintain pdpedia as a going concern. AFAIK I am
> unable to install captchas or make the wiki readonly (or editable by
> logged-in users only); I think the wiki owner would need to do any of
> these, if they desired.
> 
> Does anyone know who is ultimately responsible for the wiki? I guess
> it's Marius, but I'm not sure.

no, sorry, it's not me, it's still hans. I don't even know on which 
server it is hosted at the moment. I don't mind taking responsibility 
but I am very much in favor of a read only version with restricted write 
access, like Mr Monk.
marius.


> 
> My preferred option would be to make the whole wiki semiprotected --
> ie only editable by logged-in users. Captchas would also be a
> reasonable option.
> 
> Philip
> 
> 2009/10/17 Marvin Humphrey <marvin at rectangular.com>:
>> On Sat, Oct 17, 2009 at 03:59:03PM -0400, Mathieu Bouchard wrote:
>>
>>> why wouldn't it be better to just have no wiki at all,
>> Maybe it would be better to kill it off, I dunno.
>>
>> If you're gonna do that, though, either remove it completely or preserve it as
>> a read-only resource.  Don't leave the rotting carcass lying around for
>> spammer maggots to feast on.
>>
>>> even in a situation where there wouldn't be any spam and the captcha
>>> wouldn't be annoying?
>> I don't think spammers ought to be driving the decision when there are
>> countermeasures available.  If the wiki is underused or outdated or whatever,
>> do something to address that, such as retiring it.  But if it's being used and
>> the problem is the spam-to-edit ratio, captchas, whatever their drawbacks, can
>> treat the spammer pestilence and let the wiki live on to die a natural death
>> at the end of its natural lifespan.
>>
>> Marvin Humphrey
>>
>>
> 
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