I'm more concerned with people, bad people out there, that would write
really nasty stuff about a person and get a real kick out of it. I
really wish I didn't know such people. I mean I've seen some really
sick stuff written on profiles of mine. So, I decide to go with a wiki
after watching a video on
vtc.com In the wiki engine chosen she was
able to set it to where only registered users could edit and create
articles. I think that can be nice. A wiki can be exciting for a
community to see develop. I suppose the people I know could register
just to be able to do what they do, but they seem to like to hide behind
a greater level of anonymity. Any form of registration discourages such
activities. I just want to display some articles and information and a
wiki seemed like the ticket.
Bruce
Platonides wrote:
B. M. Whealton wrote:
How does one setup a media wiki that has
protection against persons who
would want to post very inappropriate material? I know that many wiki
software engines do have permission settings to only allow registered
users the ability to edit the wiki. Unfortunately, that has been my
need and concern.
Thanks,
Bruce
You probably need a captcha [1]. That will filter most of the bots. Note
that requiring to register is not a guarantee to keep out bots (some
register just to spam you) and its annoying for some users.
Anyway, a wiki needs attention. You should dedicate a bit of time to
look at Special:Recentchanges. Perhaps some minutes a week/or a month.
It's sad to see wikis that no admin has edited for months, and whose
content has been buried under spam just because nobody cared about it.
They restricted editing to registered users when creating and didn't
look at it any more, still running a version years old.
1-http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
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