Re: Wiki editor request

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Nikolay Samokhvalov <samokhvalov(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Wiki editor request
Date: 2016-07-21 19:20:40
Message-ID: 20160721192040.GA29604@alvherre.pgsql
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Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote:

> FYI: wanted to edit conferences list
> https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/WikiEditing to add PgDay.ru but found that
> my account (nikolay) has not yet proper rights.

You're an editor now.

> I'm sure that rights should be given by default. But the problem of spam
> for MediaWiki engine is high -- some time ago I gave up and had to shutdown
> Postgres wiki in Russian due to this problem.

Exactly.

> Crazy idea: maybe to build a chatbot (for Telegram and/or Facebook
> messenger) that would grant permissions in semi-automated way and also
> would notify about wiki changes, etc? :-)

Spammers successfully overcame all automated antispam measures that were
set up, so I'm sure they would be able to game a chatbot too.

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Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services

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