[ubuntu-in] Attn Wiki Admins - Vandalism protection

[Shayon Mukherjee]

Hello,

On 06/30/2010 12:56 AM, Kingsly John wrote:
> Was the old wiki lost? 
>
> Can we prevent this kind of URL duplication?
>
> http://ubuntu-in.info/wiki/MailingList_Guidelines
> http://ubuntu-in.info/wiki/index.php/MailingList_Guidelines
>
>   

May be changes have been made to LocalSettings.php file in regard to the
URL shortening . I guess a notice to all along with new article  howto
should prevent this kind of article creation, as some of them are aware
of the wrong URL / article creation/ old one.
> From http://ubuntu-in.info/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
> 29 June 2010
>
>     * (diff) (hist) . . N Index.php/MailingList Guidelines‎; 16:05 . .
>     * (+462) . . Abhi navale (Talk | contribs) (Created page with 'Topic for
>     * #ubuntu-in is: The Official channel of Ubuntu Indian Team !~
>     * http://www.ubuntu-in.info | Ubuntu India Forums
>     * http://forum.ubuntu-in.info | Please observe the Ubuntu Co…')
>     * (User creation log); 15:49 . . Abhi navale (Talk | contribs) New user
>     * account
>
> Also consider this a request for deletion of the newly created page.
>
> Background: 
>
> User abhi_nav on #ubuntu-in wanted to carry on a conversation in hindi in the
> channel and when asked to talk in english so that everyone can understand. He
> and one(maybe two) other users decided to "formulate policy" on their own and
> making it official with that page.(which had a tinyurl in the topic already
> pointing to it.)
>
> Kingsly
>
>   


-- 
Shayon
Open Source Enthusiast