Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: Has anybody attempted to build Aldor+Axiomlately?

[Bob McElrath]

I'm gonna vote with Simon here...I know spam is a problem but this is
overkill.  Banning http will cause a lot of problems for new users,
exactly those a budding young project can't afford to alienate...

Simon Michael address@hidden wrote:
> Bill - banning http:// on a wiki ? This makes me cringe.. what good is it 
> if legitimate users can't add links.
> 
> I saw you have implemented a restriction on editing - it seemed to require 
> a username configured in preferences, similar to my edits_need_username 
> property. Are you getting significant spam even with this turned on ? They 
> are configuring a username cookie ?

Simon Michael address@hidden wrote:
> Also, current Zwiki is smarter about this - it tries not to count links 
> that were in the page already.
> 
>             # does this edit look like spam ?
>             # Tries to count the links added by this edit. Not perfect -
>             # existing links on a line that you tweak will be counted.
>             # Not sure what happens if you replace existing links.
>             self.checkForSpam(self.addedText(old, new))
> 
> Most of these anti-spam refinements have been added in the last year, as it 
> became a problem.

--
Cheers,
Bob McElrath [Univ. of California at Davis, Department of Physics]

    Only after you've tried to figure something out for yourself and
    failed are you ready to absorb "the answer."

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