Call for help: moving the kvm wiki
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As you may have noticed, the kvm wiki is overrun by spammers. It the past I've regularly cleaned up the spam, but some time ago I've given up.
So I'm looking for a volunteer to locate a spam-free public wiki host (candidates include wiki.kernel.org and fedorahosted.org) and transfer the contents (minus the spam). I don't think we need to transfer the editing history, but the conversion should adapt to the target's wiki syntax.
Just use captcha or a similar system with your existing wiki.
My experience with administering wikis is:
* if you don't use any preventive measures, your wiki will turn into a collection of garbage very soon, unless you spend lots of time monitoring changes
* requiring users to register before using the wiki results in:
- much less contributions from users - very big disadvantage,
- fewer spam, but bots can register, so some spam will go through
* using captcha or a similar system prevents 100% of spam
- lots of people don't like captchas very much, as often they are hard to read
- personally, on my site (http://wpkg.org) user has to solve a simple mathematics equation before the changes are accepted, like:
10 + 7 = ... [Accept button]
So I suggest going through a list of extensions/plugins for MoinMoin (this is the wiki KVM uses), choosing something appropriate, and the spam should be gone.
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Tomasz Chmielewski http://wpkg.org
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As you may have noticed, the kvm wiki is overrun by spammers. It the past I've regularly cleaned up the spam, but some time ago I've given up.
So I'm looking for a volunteer to locate a spam-free public wiki host (candidates include wiki.kernel.org and fedorahosted.org) and transfer the contents (minus the spam). I don't think we need to transfer the editing history, but the conversion should adapt to the target's wiki syntax.
Just use captcha or a similar system with your existing wiki.
I'm not the wiki's administrator.
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My experience with administering wikis is:
* if you don't use any preventive measures, your wiki will turn into a collection of garbage very soon, unless you spend lots of time monitoring changes
This has happened, even with registration.
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* requiring users to register before using the wiki results in:
- much less contributions from users - very big disadvantage,
- fewer spam, but bots can register, so some spam will go through
I'm not worried about the registration burden, if someone is too lazy to register, they'll be lazy with the content as well.
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* using captcha or a similar system prevents 100% of spam
- lots of people don't like captchas very much, as often they are hard to read
Definitely.
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- personally, on my site (http://wpkg.org) user has to solve a simple mathematics equation before the changes are accepted, like:
10 + 7 = ... [Accept button]
So I suggest going through a list of extensions/plugins for MoinMoin (this is the wiki KVM uses), choosing something appropriate, and the spam should be gone.
Problem is, we're on an old version, with no prospect of upgrading. That's why I'd like to move to an existing, well maintained wiki host.
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