On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 6:46 AM, tj <t...@apache.org> wrote:
> Can I get lazy consensus on requiring users to request Mwiki accounts on a
> ML? Temporarily or permanently, I don't know.
>
How many "real" wiki accounts do we get on a typical (no-spam) day?
Are we sure that the admins can handle that volume of manual account
requests?
> Any Administrator ("sysop") can create a new user account. I will research
> what change is required to block other sign-up methods.
>
> Currently, Mwiki is under massive attack by spammers. Thanks to the valiant
> efforts of volunteers Adailton, Helen russian, Pitonyak, and Yak, we are
> staying even: the lifetime of spam may be a few hours, but is usually only a
> few minutes.
>
> However, the spammers are creating new spam accounts (the pattern in the
> names is quite apparent) at a rate of one every minute or two, and 24/7. We
> cannot survive that kind of onslaught indefinitely.
>
> To be continued.
>
> /tj/
>
