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Confessions from a Wiki Hater ??!?

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mouser:
i'm quite new to wiki so it's a little hard for me to compare;

there are some pages though:
http://wiki.bryght.com/wiki/drupalwikirecipe
http://wiki.bryght.com/tags/wiki

i found this thread particularly useful in arguing pro and con:
http://drupal.org/node/15588

brotherS:
i'm quite new to wiki so it's a little hard for me to compare;
-mouser (October 30, 2005, 05:53 PM)
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Ok, then please don't delete https://www.donationcoder.com/wiki/index.php/Screenshot_Captor before we can be sure the alternative is just as powerful!  :Thmbsup:

Carol Haynes:
Actually I agree here ... I like Drupal (and the more I play the more I like) but the simplicity of the interface with MediaWiki is so nice.

If you are worried about security why don't you simply restrict editing/posting rights to a WIKI editing group. You can choose who is involved, and add people when you feel you have got to know them.

I like the idea of a collaborative wiki, but I really think it would become disorganised and unmageable if it were open as a free for all.

You could have a WIKI forum where no eidtors could post articles for inclusion, then one of the eds could tag it moved when it is done.

brotherS:
Actually I agree here ... I like Drupal (and the more I play the more I like) but the simplicity of the interface with MediaWiki is so nice.

If you are worried about security why don't you simply restrict editing/posting rights to a WIKI editing group. You can choose who is involved, and add people when you feel you have got to know them.

I like the idea of a collaborative wiki, but I really think it would become disorganised and unmageable if it were open as a free for all.

You could have a WIKI forum where no eidtors could post articles for inclusion, then one of the eds could tag it moved when it is done.
-CarolHaynes (October 31, 2005, 08:03 AM)
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I suggest getting as many existing forum members to signup in the wiki NOW and then add some kind of protection.

Examples:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Patrolled_edit
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Access_Restrictions

Edvard:
apparently wikis are suffering from huge amounts of spam lately and part of the problem is no one anticipated this or decided that it might be useful to have some moderation over content
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No one anticipated this? The one thing that keeps amazing me about human nature is the denial that such human nature exists. All over the internet, forums and 'shout boxes' are now being spammed into non-usefulness. Come on folks, think of how many Usenet forums are now wastelands of spam and have been for nigh on a few years now. Without some form of access restriction, how is Wiki to fare any better? Like you Mouser, I appreciate greatly the usefulness that Wiki promises, but had no idea that it required such sql kung-fu for a basic lock-out. Yeesh.

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