On Fri, Sep 6, 2013 at 12:54 PM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > On 6 September 2013 18:48, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 6 September 2013 17:07, Alexandro Colorado <j...@oooes.org> wrote: >> > We are getting some spam attacks on the cWiki, wonder if we can do >> > some scanning to detect similar pages, and also remove this nick. >> >> On the Moin Wikis, anyone can create a Wiki account, but that does not >> grant them write access. >> They then have to apply to the dev list to get added to the >> ContributorsGroup page. [1] >> If anyone abuses their permissions (AFAIK that has not happened) the >> login can easily be removed from the page. >> >> on mwiki its similar and still differerent. You dont need an account to > read, anybody can read without signing in. When they create an account the > get automatic write permission. >
Unless I'm missing something it looks like this spam was on the CWiki. Do we have any options there? -Rob > I and earlier admins have made 2 suggestions to avoid spam: > 1) Write access is not active until x days after creation (typically 4) > 2) Write access is not given before approved by an mwiki-admin. > > Both suggestions were deemed "negative user experience", so the original > system remains. > > jza@: any mwiki admin can block the nich, but you cannot remove a nick that > has made comments/pages. > > rgds > jan I. > > > >> [1] >> http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm#per_wiki_access_control_-_tighten_your_wiki_just_a_little.2C_benefit_just_a_lot >> > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> > From: "lily regland (Confluence)" <conflue...@apache.org> >> > Date: Fri, 6 Sep 2013 06:08:00 +0000 (UTC) >> >> Please don't forward spam unless it is essential to the reply, and >> then remove as much as possible first. >> Thanks! >> >> <snipped spam> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
