[e-lang] Wiki access policy
James Graves
ansible at xnet.com
Sat Feb 2 18:19:50 EST 2008
Kevin Reid wrote:
> I would suggest captchas for both account creation and anonymous
> editing; I'm not sure whether to allow anonymous editing.
With the current capability of the MediaWiki software we're using, I'm
inclined to turn back on anonymous edits, just so that we can ban based
on IPs again.
>> Another option is to only allow account creation by the sysops.
>
> I think this is slightly too much of a barrier to entry, because it
> requires contacting a sysop.
This is definitely a concern. I'm still worried that even requiring an
account to edit is too much a barrier to entry. But I have no way to
easily measure that.
James
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