I've requested Infra to help us make this happen. https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-6191
On Mon, Apr 22, 2013 at 10:04 AM, Mike Kienenberger <[email protected]> wrote: > So I've been poking around for a while to try to set up > AdminGroup/ContributorsGroup, and I know what the pages should look > like. > > But I don't currently have the permissions to make the changes myself. > > http://wiki.apache.org/general/HowToBeWikiAdministrator > > Does anyone here already have Wiki Administrator permissions? > > Or apsite permission on minotaur? > > If not, I'll need to contact infrastructure. > > On Fri, Apr 19, 2013 at 4:19 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 >>>>
