Re: Wiki problems

On Mon, 2009-09-21 at 11:36 +0200, Sebastian Cabrera wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> > Is there a backup, os should we scrap the current wiki and set up a new
> > one with better security?
> 
> It really worries me that the wiki gets filled up with spam everytime.
> Maybe there should be done some enhancements to lock it up to spammers
> in a way. Nevertheless the "old" data should still be somewhere in the
> Historie of the wiki and therefore can be copied, or not?

Not that difficult to lock down mediawiki a bit. I've only ever had one
piece of spam on mine in 2 years - although I do require people register
before editing. However you can add a captcha to edits, and there are
other filters too..

Best Regards

Jools