2009/3/11 King InuYasha ngompa13@gmail.com:
On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:17 PM, Ben Klein shacklein@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/11 King InuYasha ngompa13@gmail.com:
Why are we using Moin anyways? I know Fedora used to use Moin and they moved off of it for their wiki, and I honestly think that perhaps WineHQ needs to as well.
If you're going to argue for a complete replacement of the Wiki system, you'll have to provide better support than "Fedora dumped Moin".
I didn't want to provide reasons to dump it unless I know why we ARE using it so I can provide better counterarguments. Just showing up with arguments for another wiki based system without knowing why Moin is chosen does not paint me in worse light than I already am ;) It makes me seem belligerent.
Does what we have now work? Yes. Is there any reason why we should consider moving from Moin to some other Wiki system? Your turn to answer.
2009/3/11 King InuYasha ngompa13@gmail.com:
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 3:46 AM, David Gerard dgerard@gmail.com wrote:
2009/3/5 King InuYasha ngompa13@gmail.com:
A wiki shouldn't have users creating accounts every day, that is a bad indicator.
It is difficult to understand the thinking behind such a statement unless you are literally aiming to close a project to outside participation.
Sorry, I should have completed my thought. If you can justify users creating accounts every day and adding real content to the wiki, then that is fine. But in most cases, when wikis have lots of users creating accounts every day, generally some serious spamming is going on or is about to go on. Now, WineHQ is a high-activity site, so there is some justification for having lots of users, but take care to use basic precautions when having users created. My two favorite methods of ensuring users are actually real ones are email confirm and CAPTCHA, usually a combination of the two. If you still see similarly high levels of user creation and real content is being added, then its ok. However, if you use an old version of any web content software, then the benefits may be negated by the fact that it is possible that the wiki engine had already been compromised.
Number of new users is not necessarily proportional to number of new spammers. Do we actually have a problem with spam on the Wiki?