[SAC] [OSGeo] #1121: Spam on GeoNetwork WIKI in trac - please block user

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#1121: Spam on GeoNetwork WIKI in trac - please block user
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 Reporter:  ticheler       |       Owner:  sac@…              
     Type:  task           |      Status:  new                
 Priority:  major          |   Milestone:                     
Component:  Systems Admin  |    Keywords:                     
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Comment(by EliL):

 The GeoMoose mediawiki instance suffered terribly from spam.  We added
 email account verification and account approval which has ended spam.  Now
 to get an account you must have a valid email and make some minimal effort
 to demonstrate that you are a person with a passing interest in the topic.
 This also means that admins must/should act promptly on account requests.

 (I don't think that being human, having a passing interest in the topic,
 and some effort to demonstrate that is too high of a barrier to entry,
 however, I also know that there is a whole wikipedia/mediawiki entry
 describing all the things wrong with such an approach.)

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/ticket/1121#comment:4>
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