[SGVLUG] Call for webmasters / upcoming presentations

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Do these sites have some background monitoring?? It would seem that from what I've heard from security people this could be an open door for a flood of what ever.
Stephen


-----Original Message-----
From: Max Clark <max at clarksys.com>
Sent: Jun 28, 2005 7:07 PM
To: "SGVLUG Discussion List." <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
Subject: Re: [SGVLUG] Call for webmasters / upcoming presentations

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Main_Page
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Main_Page

Ever hear of one of these sites? Any person on the planet can edit their 
content, and they seem to be doing just fine.

Dustin wrote:
> On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Max Clark wrote:
> 
> 
>>The magic of wiki's is there is no such thing as controlled access. 
>>Anyone who creates an account can modify content. This allows for the 
>>entire community to become involved with the site and the content on the 
>>system.
> 
> 
> I agree with the "entire community" thing, except for the Wiki-style "the 
> whole world can edit" idea.  I don't see how that leads to anything except 
> constant cleaning up after spam.  Surely it would be sufficient to just 
> create an account for anyone who asks, on the theory that if we've met 
> them or even just exchanged personal email it's unlikely to be a problem.
> 
> Also, it seems reasonable to pick a Wiki that has version (I don't think 
> all do) so that if worst comes to worst we can revert to an earlier 
> version with a minimum of fuss.
> 
> Dustin
> 
>