openid on the wiki?

[Karsten 'quaid' Wade]

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On 01/24/2012 03:40 PM, Ewoud Kohl van Wijngaarden wrote:
> I have no experience with mediawiki + openid myself, but maybe
> giving it a go and monitor it would be good enough for now.
> 
> Possible downsides: - Spammers use openid to spam
> 
> Possible upsides: - More open to new people - People can use a
> single account for both gerrit and the wiki
> 
> Since the wiki edits are also shown on IRC I think spam would be
> caught fast enough and in the worst case the change could be
> reverted.

That's a good point, the wiki edits are watched that way more carefully.

What would our reaction be if we started to see spam edits via OpenID
accounts?

* Can we easily disable those accounts?
* Would we revert to not using OpenID?
** Sometimes spammers seem to be doing test-spam on a wiki, so a few
scattered edits might be preparation for an onslaught.

Also consider all this in terms of who is taking care of the wiki. We
don't (yet?) have enough individuals or a team that seem to be taking
on any wiki management tasks.

So a spamming situation could rally such folks, but it could also kill
the energy while in the crib by overwhelming it with spam pages from
incrementally more spam accounts.

I'm reacting a bit here to e.g. more wiki pages being incorrectly
named than not, so a lot of wiki gardening required still. OTOH, I am
very much in favor of lowering barriers as much as we can. I'd like to
proceed with this discussion and just figure out a way to
counterbalance the risks, etc.

Thanks - Karsten
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