Re: kwiki.org edit turned off for now

I dont need to edit it, but if you need help, just mail me.

Cheers,
Alberto

Brian Ingerson wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Due to heavy spam attacks I had to turn off edit capability. In the meantime I
> am taking time to clean up the site. Also I will put some measures into place
> that will help stop the spamming.
> 
> === Cleanup Goals
> 
> * Delete all the pages that are crap.
> * Move CGI::Kwiki pages to a separate wiki.
> * Remove all spammed revisions, and the cleanup revisions saved over them.
> 
> The last point is most important. It is not enough (in my opinion) to simply
> save the last good revision *over* the spammed revision. I want to remove the
> spammed revision as though it never happened. In that way, Recent Changes will
> only reflect recent good changes!
> 
> === Antispam Measures
> 
> * Add an admin mode and write some admin plugins:
> ** Kwiki::DeletePage - Remove page completely
> ** Kwiki::PurgeRevision - Purge a spammed revision
> * Kwiki::SpamWhitelist - Only render external links from approved domains
> ** Render suspected bad links as 'spam://badplace.com' so spammers know
> we are on to them.
> * Other measures as needed.
> 
> Hopefully I can get through most of this mess this weekend. Luckily RCS has
> the -o option to purge revisions! Also expect a new kwiki release in the next
> few days.
> 
> Cheers, Brian
> 
> PS There is a backdoor url for editing kwiki.org. Find me on
> irc://irc.freenode.net/#kwiki for details if you really need to
> edit the site.
> 

-- 
Alberto Simões - Departamento de Informática - Universidade do Minho

Much as I hate to say it, the Computer Science view of language design
has gotten too inbred in recent years. The Computer Scientists should
pay more attention to the Linguists, who have a much better handle on
how people prefer to communicate.
             --Larry Wall