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Ah, that was it. I was using my forum nickname; added a bunch of numbers and it accepted the request. Thank you.ssilk wrote:Sorry, works for me, I've tested it twice now.
an non existing username,
And because I have really a bad memory. ) But I really don't like to discuss, how a wiki could be made better; do it and if someone doesn't like it he can use the rollback.Well as I've said, I would certainly like to make the wiki better, but I find the registration process unacceptably invasive. I value my privacy and I really doubt my real name or other personal information needs to be known in order to beat spambots. Usually a captcha and/or an e-mail check are good enough for that. I may be the only one who has apparently brought this issue forward so far, but I really think you're missing out on a substantial base of editors because of this.ssilk wrote:If you want to change it, then change it, or make your own wiki or whatever.
I'm going to have to agree here. To be honest, I even find the requirement of registration to go against the whole concept of a wiki, and this has already put me off of adding some info myself. The point of the wiki is that anyone can edit. There's a version history, so if someone really breaks things badly, you can very simply revert back to the previous version. For notorious abusers, there's IP address history so you could even block those if it got really bad.Apotheosis wrote:My mistake, if you're not in charge of the wiki then my comment was directed at whoever actually is.
Well as I've said, I would certainly like to make the wiki better, but I find the registration process unacceptably invasive. I value my privacy and I really doubt my real name or other personal information needs to be known in order to beat spambots. Usually a captcha and/or an e-mail check are good enough for that. I may be the only one who has apparently brought this issue forward so far, but I really think you're missing out on a substantial base of editors because of this.ssilk wrote:If you want to change it, then change it, or make your own wiki or whatever.
Fair enough, I suppose for smaller communities it may be harder to combat spam than for wikipedia with countless volunteers scouring the place for bad updates daily. (although I wonder if a captcha on edits won't be sufficient to keep away most spambots already).Apotheosis wrote:I'd have to agree that registration in general goes against the spirit of a wiki; however, I understand the need for countermeasures in order to beat spam. I have seen the destruction spambots can wreck upon a wiki and it's killed wikis for a particular topic I care about on more than one occasion now. Account registration should be made at least as simple and unintrusive as possible when it is necessary.
Hm. I cannot speak for the devs, which decide that, but I doubt, that they really want to know your real name and that's valid for me, too.Apotheosis wrote:Well as I've said, I would certainly like to make the wiki better, but I find the registration process unacceptably invasive. I value my privacy and I really doubt my real name or other personal information needs to be known in order to beat spambots.
Well, last year, we nearly lost the whole wiki, because of the spam:Usually a captcha and/or an e-mail check are good enough for that. I may be the only one who has apparently brought this issue forward so far, but I really think you're missing out on a substantial base of editors because of this.
)We've tried it. Then I've spent two days digging out 1MB of useful data from 40GB of spam ... it wasn't fun.Boogieman14 wrote:... There's a version history, so if someone really breaks things badly, you can very simply revert back to the previous version. For notorious abusers, there's IP address history so you could even block those if it got really bad.
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