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Subject:    Re: Admin Group for Wiki
From:       Igor =?utf-8?Q?Gali=C4=87?= <i.galic () brainsware ! org>
Date:       2011-06-13 9:25:12
Message-ID: 47435bf3-40c6-45ee-b294-81810c9cdbc2 () iris
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> On 6/12/2011 4:43 PM, Igor Galić wrote:
> > it seems the easiest way to prevent the spam on the wiki, is
> > to have dedicated Admins. I know this isn't the way a wiki should
> > be, but we currently have no sane way of spam prevention.
> >
> 
> 
> Can you elaborate on the level of inconvenience this limitation will
> add? Is this one of those review-accounts-before-creation kinds of
> things or review-posts-before-accepting kinds of things? Are there
> other
> options for review? I would be willing to volunteer time to assist if
> the group collectively decides to follow this idea.
> 
> As far as the question posed goes, it would seem to me that the ratio
> of
> spam to/valuable content is rather high. The unfortunate reality is
> that
> there are enough Bad Guys on the Internet that ruin things for
> everyone
> and most public forums, wikis and blogs have some form of moderation
> to
> combat this. As long as adding moderation doesn't make it *difficult*
> to
> contribute, I feel that users would understand.

For explanation, this is how it's done:

http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm

> P.S.
> I administer some MediaWiki sites, but no MoinMoin powered wiki's.
> What
> is the preferred method of moderation? Something built-in or an
> extension?

Seems like it:
http://moinmo.in/MoinMoinQuestions/Administration#Access_Control

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