________________________________ From: Richard legalize@xmission.com To: Al Johnson alj62888@yahoo.com; MediaWiki announcements and site admin list mediawiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 6:44 PM Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Wiki spam. Stronger fightback.
I was planning on allowing account creation requests with admin approval to open up to the next level of user participation, but I would never open up my wiki to anonymous edits or account creation without some form of review.
I think the concerns in this thread are mostly for those who have open wikis. Open wikis are sometimes needed for new wikis that are trying to build a user base by encouraging participation without having to go through the registration process. Of course you aren't going to have much of a spam problem if you require admin approved registration.