[Openstreetmap] making the wiki user-only

[ben at somethingmodern.com]

SteveC <steve at fractalus.com> wrote:

> hello,
> 
> A bunch of spam got added to the wiki today, and was rapidly taken down.
> I'm guessing it was tom as he's on the RSS, but thanks to whoever
> reverted it.
> 
> To avoid this, does anyone have an objection to making the wiki user
> only editable?

Yes. Down the road to the dark side, this is. I've had this debate many times,
so I'll spare the details: By definition Wiki's are publically editable.

A better solution -- which I'll happily implement -- is a sort of CAPTCHA. On
my personal Wiki, I've implemented a simple "math problem" CAPTCHA that has
dropped our preveious-frequent spam postings to nil:

    http://gimpert.com/wiki/wiki.cgi?action=edit&id=Sandbox

Note the "Are you human?" question at the bottom.

Want me to do this for the OSM Wiki? Do I have access to the PHP?

    Cheers,
    Ben