Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Preventing Wiki spam

[Daniel C. <dcr...@gm...>]

For some reason, I thought this was going to be about spam on the
phpwiki mailing list...


On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:59:34 +0800 (SGT), Charles Corrigan
<ch...@ru...> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I use a wiki (phpwhiki v1.2) that is frequently hit by vandals/wiki spam.
> I am implementing phpwiki CVS 1.3.11pre to allow the wiki to be read
> without authentication but to require logins for editing etc.
> 
> However, anyone can create a new id in a few seconds and then vandalise
> away...  Is there any suggestions as to how I can make user id
> creation/authorisation 2-phase. What I would like is for users to self
> register but be treated as anonymous until an adminstrator authorises them
> to edit/create pages.
> 
> Is there an alternative configuration of the wiki to achieve this?
> 
> I am using MySQL 4.0.20 to hold the user tables. PHP 4.3.8, Apache 1.3.31,
> Linux 2.4.21.
> 
> regards,
> Charles
> 
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