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Offline Wanderer

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Some general wiki issues
on: January 03, 2006, 12:03:04 pm
I was checking the recent edits in FSwiki a little while ago and noticed that some unregistered person had edited the main page. Effectively turning it into an advertisement page (swimsuits, GPS and other carp). IP trace pointed to India but that doesn't matter... What i would like have is a protected main page like in most other wikis to prevent such occurances in the future. And also protection on all of those templates used in the main page.

And while we on the issue perhaps one of the veteran users should be set as an admin to the wiki.
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Offline karajorma

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #1 on: January 03, 2006, 06:06:01 pm
Little ****er's done it again.

I put it back the way it was.  I guess you need to make users log in to stop this kind of crap.
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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #2 on: January 04, 2006, 12:57:31 am
We can't do anything like that ATM, since admins are the only ones with access to the wiki's control panel. Posted on the request thread.
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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #3 on: January 04, 2006, 03:14:54 am
Ok, who should I make Wiki admins? Gimme names.
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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #4 on: January 04, 2006, 04:10:30 am
The simple solution would seem to be using the forum login or Hard Light login for Wiki editing. You can only make changes if you have an account.
 

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #5 on: January 04, 2006, 04:13:37 am
If you are able to block users only, yes. If you can block IP addresses too, why?
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Offline Wanderer

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #6 on: January 04, 2006, 04:26:31 am
Blocking IPs could theoritically result in blocking some of the real users as well. Besides i really doubt that it would have helped against the recent vandalisms or any kind of future attempts as the edits were made from different IP addresses. Even if only registered users would be able to edit the FSwiki ( :yes: ) i would like to see protected main page...

Just in case, as it is not too difficult to create new users and using then only once to edit the wiki before they are banned.
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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #7 on: January 04, 2006, 02:03:39 pm
If that poster is keeping to his habits we should get another edit in the next few hours, that is if some one can be idiotic enough to edit the same page three times in a row...
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Offline aldo_14

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #8 on: January 04, 2006, 03:36:11 pm
Quote from: Wanderer on January 04, 2006, 04:26:31 am
Blocking IPs could theoritically result in blocking some of the real users as well.

Especially with dynamically assigned IPs :).

Shame we can't hunt down the wee bugger and flaggelate him.  Albeit I suspect it may be a bot - I mean, why would you bother to manually put that sort of thing here?
 

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #9 on: January 05, 2006, 05:02:23 pm
Quote from: Kalfireth on January 04, 2006, 04:10:30 am
The simple solution would seem to be using the forum login or Hard Light login for Wiki editing.

The "simple" solution? You obviously have no concept of web cross-application integration. :p
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #10 on: January 05, 2006, 05:25:31 pm
Well in theory where all we have to do is think about it, it would :p
 

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #11 on: January 05, 2006, 08:00:37 pm
I kind of like that theory.

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #12 on: January 07, 2006, 11:31:08 am
Quote from: Sandwich on January 04, 2006, 03:14:54 am
Ok, who should I make Wiki admins? Gimme names.

I'll take it if nobody else is stepping up. At the very least I should be able to fix those category box BGs...
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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #13 on: January 07, 2006, 02:51:24 pm
You're on. In. Whatever.
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #14 on: January 08, 2006, 12:12:36 am
Oops, looks like you already chose.
 

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #15 on: January 08, 2006, 12:19:47 am
The early bird gets the worm...admin...whatever. :p

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #16 on: January 08, 2006, 02:15:55 am
I don't see why we can't have more than one responsible person... UT?
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #17 on: January 08, 2006, 05:32:46 am
Erm... Wiki-admin =/= Forum Admin, in the snese of what I can and can't do.

I don't have access to the basic setup, the stuff that'll let me change the default colour for the Category boxes. I think you might have to do that'n Sandwich.
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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #18 on: January 08, 2006, 04:39:20 pm
That may be accessible only through FTP access, I'm not sure. Bug me about this in 24 hours; right now I'm far too zonked to do anything prouctive besides post. :p
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"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

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Re: Some general wiki issues
Reply #19 on: January 15, 2006, 11:07:30 am
Could some one finally protect the main page?
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