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Re: Arabeyes Wiki
- To: "General Arabization Discussion" <general at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Arabeyes Wiki
- From: "Djihed Afifi" <djihedlists at googlemail dot com>
- Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:57:48 +0100
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1. Open the wiki for public editing and protect some of the pages for
core members.
That has been done in the past, and unfortunately it led to numerous
acts of vandalism and political garbage. There was simply too much
overhead for maintainers.
2. Allow anyone to self sign up. You could require approval before
people are allowed to edit the public pages (email me off-list if you
need help with how to setup mediawiki to do that)
LDAP integration is in the works to allow people who sign up to the
main site to get wiki access (or so I understand), i.e the sign
up/registration mechanism is still being cooked, this was an email to
let people know the status of our wiki so far :)
One of the great things about wikis is that they encourage creative (as
in people who create) participation as opposed to mere consumption. You
need to encourage that.
I agree, this email was intended just for that: to let people know how
to sign up. Once the wiki is popular enough that it can be self
maintained by members anonymous access may be granted.
Thanks for the insightful comments.
Djihed