[Axiom-developer] Re: wiki vandalism

[Bill Page]

On 29 Nov 2007 11:52:51 +0100, Martin Rubey wrote:
>
> I just tried to revert
>
>     #199 integratee^(x^2)
>
> but without success.  ( maybe name changes are excluded from the
> revert process?? No idea.)
>

It seems you are right. Revert does not revert a name change. I think
that is a bug in ZWiki. You have to use 'rename' to change the name
back to what it was.

> Moreover, I think that issuetracker is so vital for axiom, that I'd
> suggest that changing properties, names, etc, should only be
> available to registered users.
>
> I really wonder how wikipedia deals with that sort of vandalism.
>

I think they require as a minimum that users to identify themselves.
That stops 90% of the spam.

I agree that spam is becoming a bit of a problem here.

Ok, I have enabled the 'edits_need_username' option on Axiom Wiki.
That should help the spam problem.

Regards,
Bill Page.