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bimargulies at gmail

Apr 16, 2012, 3:39 AM

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Reducing captcha on the wiki

Any of you PMC members care to give them the green light?

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Gavin McDonald <gavin [at] 16degrees>
Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM
Subject: Re: Wiki authentication question
To: Benson Margulies <bimargulies [at] gmail>
Cc: "infrastructure [at] apache" <infrastructure [at] apache>

Please see wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm for explanations and
how to get your wiki configured so that you no longer need to enter
captchas. A yes go ahead and I'll configure it today for you

Gav

Sent from my iPhone

On 16/04/2012, at 2:57 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargulies [at] gmail> wrote:

> I've been doing a lot of editing on the Lucene wiki lately. Every edit
> demands the answer to a question. Many of the questions are ASF
> trivial questions. At best, I have to google for each one. At least
> one didn't accept the 'right' answer. It asked me for the full name of
> the treasurer. The official officer page calls him 'Sam'. I have no
> idea if his birth certificate called him Samuel, Samwise, or Samovar,
> but the wiki rejected plain old Sam. (For all I know, the wiki is
> still looking for Geir.)
>
> Is there any way the wiki could be interconnected with the rest of the
> infrastructure so that committers could log in 'as themselves' and be
> spared this?

markrmiller at gmail

Apr 23, 2012, 2:26 PM

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Re: Reducing captcha on the wiki [In reply to]

This drives me insane as well. I'd love to lose it.

I'd also love to move to Confluence, but another battle.

Anyone *object* to removing these questions?

On Apr 16, 2012, at 6:39 AM, Benson Margulies wrote:

> Any of you PMC members care to give them the green light?
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Gavin McDonald <gavin [at] 16degrees>
> Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM
> Subject: Re: Wiki authentication question
> To: Benson Margulies <bimargulies [at] gmail>
> Cc: "infrastructure [at] apache" <infrastructure [at] apache>
>
>
> Please see wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm for explanations and
> how to get your wiki configured so that you no longer need to enter
> captchas. A yes go ahead and I'll configure it today for you
>
> Gav
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 16/04/2012, at 2:57 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargulies [at] gmail> wrote:
>
>> I've been doing a lot of editing on the Lucene wiki lately. Every edit
>> demands the answer to a question. Many of the questions are ASF
>> trivial questions. At best, I have to google for each one. At least
>> one didn't accept the 'right' answer. It asked me for the full name of
>> the treasurer. The official officer page calls him 'Sam'. I have no
>> idea if his birth certificate called him Samuel, Samwise, or Samovar,
>> but the wiki rejected plain old Sam. (For all I know, the wiki is
>> still looking for Geir.)
>>
>> Is there any way the wiki could be interconnected with the rest of the
>> infrastructure so that committers could log in 'as themselves' and be
>> spared this?

- Mark Miller
lucidimagination.com

hossman_lucene at fucit

Apr 23, 2012, 2:26 PM

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Re: Reducing captcha on the wiki [In reply to]

: Any of you PMC members care to give them the green light?

Personally, i think the wiki textchas have been a great way of helping cut
down on the amount of wiki spam, so i don't think we should turn them off
in general

That said: there is the other option for bypassing the textcha...

http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm#per_wiki_access_control_-_tighten_your_wiki_just_a_little.2C_benefit_just_a_lot

I went ahead and added Benson to the AdminGroup for the solr wiki.

: ---------- Forwarded message ----------
: From: Gavin McDonald <gavin [at] 16degrees>
: Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM
: Subject: Re: Wiki authentication question
: To: Benson Margulies <bimargulies [at] gmail>
: Cc: "infrastructure [at] apache" <infrastructure [at] apache>
:
:
: Please see wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm for explanations and
: how to get your wiki configured so that you no longer need to enter
: captchas. A yes go ahead and I'll configure it today for you
:
: Gav
:
: Sent from my iPhone
:
: On 16/04/2012, at 2:57 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargulies [at] gmail> wrote:
:
: > I've been doing a lot of editing on the Lucene wiki lately. Every edit
: > demands the answer to a question. Many of the questions are ASF
: > trivial questions. At best, I have to google for each one. At least
: > one didn't accept the 'right' answer. It asked me for the full name of
: > the treasurer. The official officer page calls him 'Sam'. I have no
: > idea if his birth certificate called him Samuel, Samwise, or Samovar,
: > but the wiki rejected plain old Sam. (For all I know, the wiki is
: > still looking for Geir.)
: >
: > Is there any way the wiki could be interconnected with the rest of the
: > infrastructure so that committers could log in 'as themselves' and be
: > spared this?
:

-Hoss

jan.asf at cominvent

Apr 23, 2012, 2:42 PM

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Re: Reducing captcha on the wiki [In reply to]

Cool, could you add me as well (JanHoydahl)?

--
Jan H�ydahl, search solution architect
Cominvent AS - www.cominvent.com
Solr Training - www.solrtraining.com

On 23. apr. 2012, at 23:26, Chris Hostetter wrote:

>
> : Any of you PMC members care to give them the green light?
>
> Personally, i think the wiki textchas have been a great way of helping cut
> down on the amount of wiki spam, so i don't think we should turn them off
> in general
>
> That said: there is the other option for bypassing the textcha...
>
> http://wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm#per_wiki_access_control_-_tighten_your_wiki_just_a_little.2C_benefit_just_a_lot
>
> I went ahead and added Benson to the AdminGroup for the solr wiki.
>
>
>
> : ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> : From: Gavin McDonald <gavin [at] 16degrees>
> : Date: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 9:34 PM
> : Subject: Re: Wiki authentication question
> : To: Benson Margulies <bimargulies [at] gmail>
> : Cc: "infrastructure [at] apache" <infrastructure [at] apache>
> :
> :
> : Please see wiki.apache.org/general/OurWikiFarm for explanations and
> : how to get your wiki configured so that you no longer need to enter
> : captchas. A yes go ahead and I'll configure it today for you
> :
> : Gav
> :
> : Sent from my iPhone
> :
> : On 16/04/2012, at 2:57 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargulies [at] gmail> wrote:
> :
> : > I've been doing a lot of editing on the Lucene wiki lately. Every edit
> : > demands the answer to a question. Many of the questions are ASF
> : > trivial questions. At best, I have to google for each one. At least
> : > one didn't accept the 'right' answer. It asked me for the full name of
> : > the treasurer. The official officer page calls him 'Sam'. I have no
> : > idea if his birth certificate called him Samuel, Samwise, or Samovar,
> : > but the wiki rejected plain old Sam. (For all I know, the wiki is
> : > still looking for Geir.)
> : >
> : > Is there any way the wiki could be interconnected with the rest of the
> : > infrastructure so that committers could log in 'as themselves' and be
> : > spared this?
> :
>
> -Hoss

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