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[[Elifarley Cruz]] is currently the login administrator. | [[Elifarley Cruz]] is currently the login administrator. | ||
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This caused a lot of spam appearing on the wiki. | In the past, wiki account creation was free for anyone. Once created, the user was able to edit and add pages at will. This caused a lot of spam appearing on the wiki. | ||
Then I changed the configuration so that newly created accounts would have to validate its email address BEFORE being able to add / edit pages. | Then I changed the configuration so that newly created accounts would have to validate its email address BEFORE being able to add / edit pages. | ||
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After enabling OpenID on the wiki, I saw some new user accounts being automatically created. | After enabling OpenID on the wiki, I saw some new user accounts being automatically created. | ||
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So, I think we can leave this OpenID extension enabled, which allows people to create their own accounts. I suppose spammers won't bother using OpenID to create their accounts, which means we'll have the best of both sides: users can create their accounts on their own without admin intervention AND we won't have new spam accounts on our wiki. Marvelous! | So, I think we can leave this OpenID extension enabled, which allows people to create their own accounts. I suppose spammers won't bother using OpenID to create their accounts, which means we'll have the best of both sides: users can create their accounts on their own without admin intervention AND we won't have new spam accounts on our wiki. Marvelous! | ||
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Revision as of 18:42, 22 June 2011
Elifarley Cruz is currently the login administrator.
History
In the past, wiki account creation was free for anyone. Once created, the user was able to edit and add pages at will. This caused a lot of spam appearing on the wiki.
Then I changed the configuration so that newly created accounts would have to validate its email address BEFORE being able to add / edit pages.
This measure eliminated the creation of spam in wiki pages.
However, spammers would still create some accounts every day (because they thought they would be able to add spam pages to the wiki).
The continuous creation of new spam accounts is something undesirable, since it adds burden to the administration process of the wiki in the long run.
So, I thought it would be best to disable user-initiated wiki account creation, leaving this task to me (or any other admin).
But then, I decided to try out the OpenID extension for the wiki (I'm already using OpenID for the forum and for the Drupal community portal).
After enabling OpenID on the wiki, I saw some new user accounts being automatically created.
Current Policy
So, I think we can leave this OpenID extension enabled, which allows people to create their own accounts. I suppose spammers won't bother using OpenID to create their accounts, which means we'll have the best of both sides: users can create their accounts on their own without admin intervention AND we won't have new spam accounts on our wiki. Marvelous!
The wiki instructions have been updated to reflect this.