2013/3/19 Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org>: > On 18/03/2013 21:46, Apache Wiki wrote: >> Dear Wiki user, >> >> You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on "Tomcat Wiki" for >> change notification. >> >> The "LocalBadContent" page has been changed by ChuckCaldarale: > > I've raised it before and folks weren't interested but I think it is > time to consider [1] again. > > I'll note that while the spammers entries to the wiki get removed pretty > quickly (thanks Chunk) their content is in our mail archive which is > indexed all over the place so their aim has already been achieved even > if we remove the content from the Wiki. I'd really like to put a stop to > this abuse of our Wiki. >
> [1] > http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm#per_wiki_access_control_-_tighten_your_wiki_just_a_little.2C_benefit_just_a_lot Previous discussions: [2] (Jun 2011) http://tomcat.markmail.org/thread/nndyb3elaee6nduv [3] (Dec 2011) http://tomcat.markmail.org/thread/llawwzb4jxgwbt6z +0. It is a bit of a pity, but I would not oppose the change. I'd say that if we go this tight security way, then I think we should remove most of "Powered by" page (maybe all besides articles) and do not bother maintaining it. The last time [3] people were saying that that page is needed. If mailing list is the target, maybe configure a separate mailing list for wiki edit notifications, which is not so widely mirrored as the dev one? Best regards, Konstantin Kolinko --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@tomcat.apache.org
