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From: Richard <legalize(a)xmission.com>
To: Al Johnson <alj62888(a)yahoo.com>om>; MediaWiki announcements and site admin list
<mediawiki-l(a)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.