On Sunday 28 August 2005 14:48, Christoph Eckert wrote: > > A wiki that requires registration hurts us more than spam, in my > > opinion. > > Well, the need to register really is a blocker for many people. > Even if I already have registered, I'll not know the login data as > soon as I want to contribute something. > So I guess you're unfortunately right. Having run half a dozen wikis and contributed to lord only knows how many, registration is neither a bad thing nor optional. The utopia imagined by the original wiki proponents does not exist on the internet today. It's just another type of CMC, like a mailing list or a forum, and it's important to know who's contributed what and to be able to shut out miscreants. There's no need to require registration for reading, just editing. Rob
