Not a bad idea, although I wouldn't want to be responsible for approving the accounts.

Bryce

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Date: Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:01:36 +0200 From: Christoph Sch?fer <christoph-schaefer@...173...> To: inkscape-wiki@lists.sourceforge.net, inkscape-user@lists.sourceforge.net, inkscape-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Preventing spam on the Wiki

Hi,

I noticed that the Inkscape Wiki has been flooded with spam recently. We had the same issue on the Scribus Wiki and found a simple, but effective way to handle it.

We disabled the automatic creation of accounts and put a request mechanism in place. Everyone who wants an account has to ask for it via email to one of the SysOps or to the mailing list. We haven't had a single issue with spam since then.

Maybe you could consider something similar for your interesting Wiki.

Cheers

Christoph

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