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Re: http://civicaccess.ca/wiki/ must beclosed or otherwise require verified passwords.

Posted by catherine on Dec 11, 2006; 6:47pm
URL: http://civicaccess.416.s1.nabble.com/http-civicaccess-ca-wiki-must-be-closed-or-otherwise-require-verified-passwords-tp770p775.html


> >    I just went to look something up, and was
> confronted with a series of
> > "[WWW] pussy sucking lesbos | [WWW] daughter
> fucking friend |" links
> > from a spammer.
> >
> >     WIKI's can't be left open.  I've been going
> around recent months
> > closing down WIKI's that I host that don't have
> strong password
> > protection around them.  I don't even allow people
> to log in and post
> > comments immediately on my Drupal sites as there is
> automation for
> > creating new accounts (Including the whole email
> verification stuff) to
> > post SPAM.
>
> I've hosted a bunch of wikis too, all open and never
> had a real
> problem with it. Before closing the door on anonymous
> edits, I'm sure
> we can come up with a few options.


I think a case can be made for closing or leaving Wikis open, it really depends on the context. However, if the group decides to implement stronger measures with regards to user authentification, I hope you will avoid using CAPTCHA as this presents important obstacles for certain persons with disabilities.

For more information on CAPTCHAs, please see this report from W3C :

http://www.w3.org/TR/turingtest/


Best regards,


Catherine




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