It was: - 4 days cooling off period (simple config switch) This is quite normal, time can be adjusted, but to combat spam, it should be at least 3 days.
- sysop approval of new accounts, before they can edit (this is NO mail, but "inside" mwiki) I am against this one myself, because it requires sysop to actively look in mwiki. We have e-mail confirmation in place, but that is a peace of cake for spammers. Having looked at the numbers our current situation (mail to dev list) is the best guarantee against spam, and not a high burden for the sysop. rgds Jan I. On 10 December 2012 17:45, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 9:52 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > we have now seen over the last period that the number of new wiki users > are > > very low and since the "normal" spam measures have received a -1, I > propose > > the following for the new Wiki. > > > > What was the "normal" measure that got a -1? > > Are there no CAPTCHA plugins that work? > > -Rob > > > > The "new user" page is changed, to send an e-mail to > > dev@openoffice.apache.org (as done manual today), and one of the sysop > > reply (as today). > > > > Thereby we can avoid a lot of spam. > > > > If no objections within 72 hours, I will continue along that path (ONLY > for > > the new version of wiki). > > > > rgds > > Jan I >
