+1 for the admin-group imo the apache-cms and cwiki are enough (leo transferred the content already).
regards, gerhard 2013/4/19 Matt Benson <[email protected]> > I agree that it's getting overwhelming lately. MyFaces is the last ASF > Moin wiki I get updates from where these measures haven't been taken. +1 > to get this set up. > > Matt > > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:19 PM, Mike Kienenberger <[email protected]>wrote: > >> My recommendation is that we set up an AdminGroup, probably with all >> committers in it. >> >> Then we add additional people to the ContributorsGroup as desired. >> >> >> http://wiki.apache.org/general/WikiFrequentlyAskedQuestions >> >> http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm >> ============= >> per wiki access control - tighten your wiki just a little, benefit just a >> lot >> >> Long sub-title for a fairly long subject. >> >> The MoinMoin wiki is very configurable, more so than some might think. >> Of course, wikis are meant to be open, for complete and utter open >> collaboration. That is appreciated. However, there are some that would >> like a balance between open wiki and having to spend time cleaning up >> spam each week. Times change, and the reality is, spammers are here >> and in greater numbers than before. What can we do? Well, here is a >> suggestion - and one that can be easily implemented and takes but 2 >> minutes (for infra) to set up. >> >> Have your project wiki editable only by a custom trusted group - that >> need not be committers only - it can in fact still be anybody who >> wants to edit your wiki, they just need to ask one time for edit >> access and thats it. Is this an incovenience? To ask once for access, >> I don't think so. After all as a potential contributor to your wiki >> you (project) will already be conversing with the potential >> contributor via the mailing lists right? How much pain is it to add >> someone to the custom trusted group once it has been set up? , no pain >> at all, a member of the projects AdminGroup edits one wiki page, adds >> the users WikiuserName to the bottom of the list and save the page! 10 >> seconds maybe and your done. For the amount of times you will have to >> do that as opposed to the amount of times you spend cleaning up spam - >> you work out which is better. >> >> The spamassassin wiki is a good example - those in the project wikis >> AdminGroup can add folks to the projects ContributorsGroup and that's >> it. How much spam has spamassassin received since this was setup ? >> Zero, Zilch, Nil, Nada. >> >> Remember also, any page can have its own access control which >> overrides and per wiki and per farm defaults - This page does just >> that, as does LocalBadContent and BadContent pages. >> ============= >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:47 PM, Mike Kienenberger <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Probably it's time to enable some kind of protection for the wiki. >> > >> > I've been hoping to avoid that, but the amount of spam the past two >> > weeks has finally exceeded my willingness to continue fixing by hand. >> > >> > Is anyone who is subscribed to infrastructure willing to look into >> > this? If no takers, I guess I'll sign up and see what can be done. >> > >> > >> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 3:41 PM, Cagatay Civici >> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> Does anyone know how can I unsubscribe from wiki as it is full of spam >> >> everyday. >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> >> >> Cagatay Civici >> >> PrimeFaces Lead >> >> www.primefaces.org >> >> >> > >
