[SAC] Wiki registration process

[Markus Neteler]

On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:56 PM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2017 at 3:49 PM, Jeff McKenna
>> 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!

... so, as (for me) expected with the non-critical approval (I
continue to insist to NOT blindly approve but be very selective):

https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
--> now full of spam

I don't know who here was approving user names like this one:
User:Fabianezequielgallina1

Please don't!

thanks,
Markus