Ralph Angenendt wrote on 01/30/2011 12:41 PM:
Am 29.01.11 05:18, schrieb Phil Schaffner:
- A relatively seamless transition from the old site to the new,
preserving both content and internal links to the greatest extent possible, and migrating existing active accounts.
Internal links meaning links to already existing forum posts? That could be quite hard to maintain (although yes, it would be great).
Understood.
- A mechanism for registering new users that locks out the spambots
that have plagued the forum. Individual spammers we can handle with relative ease. The bogus accounts by the thousands are much more of a drain on resources.
Yes. Especially as not all of them can be weeded out via database access easily, either. We did that with lots of accounts, but that didn't really help in the long run.
I was thinking of using some mechanism like captcha - not perfect, as I understand that it can sometimes be defeated by a sophisticated bot. but would probably help a lot.
Similar concerns apply to the Wiki - Seamless migration of existing content, and an easy path for contributors to continue their work, while preventing bad guys from doing damage.
I really wouldn't touch the wiki stuff, except of upgrading to a new version, maybe, once I can figure out a *working* way to do that. The moin migration scripts aren't that hot.
My misunderstanding there - thought a new Wiki was being contemplated as well.
Phil