Re: Arabeyes Wiki

[Khaled Hassounah <khassounah at gmail dot com>]

Djihad,

It is really your call, those were suggestions. But just to make sure I
got the point across: I wasn't advocating anonymous access, just
enabling people to easily sign up and contribute. Many wikis out there
are open, and there are workable techniques to prevent spam and vandalism.

good luck
Khaled

Djihed Afifi wrote:
>>
>> 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
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