[Rack] Please block unregistered edits

Jeffrey Carl Faden jeffreyatw at gmail.com
Wed May 7 16:58:57 UTC 2014


If by semi-protection you mean restricting edits to only established (not
new) users of the wiki, then that's the level I chose.


On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 9:57 AM, Johny Radio <johnyradio at gmail.com> wrote:

>  ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Jeffrey Carl Faden" <jeffreyatw at gmail.com>
>
>
> There is no semi-protection value for Noisebridge's MediaWiki
> installation.
>
>
> then i'm confused. If i try to edit my page now when not logged in, i get
> "cannot edit this page" error. I have to log in to edit it.
>
> Andy told me he applied "semi-protection" to another page of mine that was
> getting vandalized, and it successfully prevented more abuse. Wikimedia doc
> calls prevention of anonymous edits "semi-protection".
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Semi-protection
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Semi-protection.JPG
> http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Protection_policy#Semi-protection
>
>
>
>  If you look at the edit history, you'll notice that there have been no
> malicious edits since I protected the page. I have also blocked the IP
> address that added your personally identifiable information.
>
> this is likely my own misunderstanding, but i thought i saw several anon
> edits on the page AFTER your change yesterday. Today I rolled back my page
> to an April version, and now i do not see the intervening anon edits
> anymore.
>
> No worries, the protection seems to be working. THANK YOU for your time
> and efforts!
>
> jr
>
>
>
> ------ Original Message ------
> From: "Andy Isaacson" <adi at hexapodia.org>
> Subject: Re: [Rack] Lock Wiki Page
>
>
> AFAIK, the options are
>  - unprotected
>  - semiprotected
>  - full protected
>
> It appears that semiprotected is fairly close to what you want; anon
> users and "unregistered accounts" cannot edit. A random account I just
> created seems to not be able to edit, while a random account I created a
> few years ago can edit. So let's try that. Let me know if you see any
> problems.
>
> -andy
>
>
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