Jeff Garland <jeff@crystalclearsoftware.com> wrote:
Did you think of integrating some spam detection software (spamassassin and friends) into the wiki? It could be set to refuse posting anything which is detected as spam. I do not think losting the freedom of speaking of wee-agra in the wiki is a problem.
Since I didn't write the Wiki software, no.
Though you could evaluate how hard an effort it is. I guess it cannot be too hard.
But that's an interesting idea, although I'm going to guess that it runs counter to the usual 'Wiki culture'....
The usual Wiki culture is that everybody can freely edit without any need to register, signup, or whatever. This does not mean that I am allowed to post an article in the Boost Wiki about Senator Abumagi which is offering you 20 billions dollars. I doubt anyone will be refrained from posting if you run an anti-spam detection on the contents. Giovanni Bajo