[SAC] Wiki registration process

[Jeff McKenna]

On 2017-02-07 10:56 AM, Markus Neteler wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Jeff McKenna
> <jmckenna at gatewaygeomatics.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have just helped a known community member get 'approved' to edit the OSGeo
>> wiki, with a new account.  This is the first time I have ever went to this
>> section of the wiki, where I see SO MANY people (who have confirmed their
>> requests) sitting and waiting for an admin to approve their wiki accounts:
>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:ConfirmAccounts
>
> STRONG warning: most were fake requests, I have removed a lot some
> days ago. The unsure ones remained.
>
> Please be very careful when approving (see bad experience in the
> past). Some of such people don't even hesitate to steal a CV from an
> existing Wiki member!
>
>> Question: who is notified of each request when the account is 'confirmed'?
>
> Nobody to my knowledge. Some of us Wiki admins check the
> ConfirmAccounts page from time to time. A very unpleasant job btw.
> Looking forward to the day that the Wiki will be connected to LDAP
> (which is apparently complicated).
>
Ok thanks for the explanation.  I'll also keep checking there.  I 
approved some more, but left a few unsure.   I'll try my best :)

-jeff