[okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge Foundation wiki

Fri Mar 7 10:16:20 UTC 2014

Tom,

Agree with you there. Found editing very annoying.

Do you know who maintains the Wiki right now?

Michael

On Thu, Mar 06, 2014 at 05:10:11PM -0300, Everton Zanella Alvarenga wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> calling attention for a comment at OKF wiki. I think something should be
> done.
> Over the top anti spam measures
> 
> It's currently very painful to contribute to this wiki.
> 
> The anti-spam measures are completely out of control, it gets really hard
> to do anything meaningful when you have to keep typing those stupid
> characters for every single edit again and again and again.
> 
> I don't know how we expect people to help build this wiki with such insane
> controls.
> 
> Please tone this down significantly.
> 
> To make it clear, I do not want any kind of special status, I want regular
> contributors not to suffer like I am.
> 
> Captchas on wikis are a really bad idea, please use filters, account
> confirmation and other stuff, but not captchas.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> --Solstag <http://wiki.okfn.org/User:Solstag>
> (talk<http://wiki.okfn.org/wiki/index.php?title=User_talk:Solstag&action=edit&redlink=1>)
> 05:19, 6 March 2014 (UTC)
> 
> http://wiki.okfn.org/Talk:Main_Page#Over_the_top_anti_spam_measures
> 
> Tom
> 
> -- 
> Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom)
> OKF Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre
> http://br.okfn.org

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