On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 3:45 PM, Jeremy Hanna <jeremy.hanna1...@gmail.com> wrote: > I asked in #asfinfra whether images could be added now that there are pretty > obscure questions for the wiki textcha questions. Their response: no. It > would require another level of security.
Then I posit that the measures currently in place are absolutely worthless, and serve only to annoy the real users. They should just turn off the textchas if they aren't any good. > So they suggested ACLs as described in > http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm > > Basically the trade-off is, if we add ACLs such that we can easily add new > contributors really easily, we can ditch the textchas and re-enable images on > the cassandra wiki. > > Is that people are willing to trade-off? Details on how that is managed is > in the link above. > > I realize that this is philosophically contrary to what a wiki really is - > editable by anyone. However they're concerned with spam and have to do > something to avoid it. I'm -1 on ACLs, requiring an account will only raise the bar for participation which is not something I want to do. -Brandon
