Current wiki access status

[Gunnar Hjalmarsson]

On 2016-06-05 01:10, Elizabeth K. Joseph wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Starting a new thread here so we can focus on the leadership stuff in
> the leadership thread.
> 
> The wikis are locked down to only two teams: ~ubuntu-members and a
> Canonical team.
> 
> We had to remove ~ubuntu-etherpad some time ago because it had:
> 
> 1. Some teams that were open (like some LoCos), so spammers joined
> those teams en masse to gain access. As a result, the wiki got spammed
> and those real teams got filled with spam accounts. Very frustrating.
> 
> 2. The administrative burden of combating spammers who requested to
> join was turning into a ridiculous full time job. The spammers kept
> getting more clever so their accounts looked real.
> 
> On Thursday popey proposed a new team that he and a few others have
> volunteered to be moderators of. It's not created yet, but it will
> likely be a fully moderated team so the admins don't get flooded with
> join requests again, and people have to explicitly request access from
> the admins and justify their request (possibly by sharing some
> legitimate prior work they've done in the community if we don't know
> them already).
> 
> It's yet another band-aid, but until we find someone to actually drive
> efforts toward a more long term solution, it's the best we can do.

Thanks for this update, Lyz. cc'ing ubuntu-community-team to spread the
word.

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Gunnar Hjalmarsson
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