[PythonCE] Spam on the wiki, it happened again :(

[Luke Dunstan]

> Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 12:21:20 +0200> From: alexandre.delattre at enst-bretagne.fr> To: coder_infidel at hotmail.com> CC: pythonce at python.org> Subject: RE: [PythonCE] Spam on the wiki, it happened again :(> > Luke Dunstan <coder_infidel at hotmail.com> a écrit :> > >> >> Date: Sat, 18 Aug 2007 17:11:51 +0200> From: > >> alexandre.delattre at enst-bretagne.fr> To: pythonce at python.org> > >> Subject: [PythonCE] Spam on the wiki, it happened again :(> > Hi,> > >> > Once again the wiki was spammed and it's the 3rd time in less > >> than a week :(> I'll clean the mess for now, but I'm beginning to > >> feel it's useless > until there is a stronger anti-spam system > >> somehow.> > Luke, what is your opinion ?> > I'd like to help but my > >> knowledge of php is really basic and you must > first authorize me > >> to do server side modifications.
 
Are my messages appearing as a single line? I thought that had been fixed, sorry. I don't know what to try next...
> >> > I think the "captcha" plug-in would be the best option, but I don't > > know any PHP either. What is your SourceForge user name, so I can > > add you as a developer?> >> > My SourceForge user name is alexd31.> I'll try to follow the instructions at http://wikkawiki.org/FreeCap > since it seems the easiest to integrate with wikka.
 
You should now have access to the project web space.
 
Luke
> > >> Another possibility would be to move the wiki to the MoinMoin > >> engine, > I've read there's an anti-spam plug-in called HoneyPot > >> that don't use > captchas (useful for blind people). Don't know if > >> it's efficient, but > I've already played with MoinMoin and found > >> it really great.> > I vaguely remember that I looked at that wiki software when I > > created the wiki, but the main problem was that it uses files to > > store data, which is not feasible on SourceForge. Any wiki that we > > use needs to store data in a MySQL database.> > >> Please, I'd like to hear what you think the best to do.> > With > >> regards,> Alexandre.> > PS> > I've came with an (unrelated) idea > >> that would benefit the PythonCE > community: it is to have a common > >> repository for PythonCE related > stuff (scripts, tools, ports, > >> extension binaries, ...), it could be a > simple ftp at first or a > >> website like the official Python CheeseShop. > If someone has a bit > >> of bandwidth to share or suggestions, they are > all welcome ;)> > > Is it something we could put on pythonce.sourceforge.net ?> >> > Luke> >> > It would be the most logical place for it, but I'm afraid we would > come with the file limitation very quickly. I think it is more > feasible to host it somewhere else and make a link from > pythonce.sourceforge.net. I'd love to code the web app in django, but > a ftp should suffice.> > Alexandre.> > > 
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