[Haskell-cafe] How to use a wiki to annotate GHC Docs? was Re: [Haskell] Re: Making Haskell more open

[Arthur van Leeuwen]

On 16-nov-2005, at 13:14, Wolfgang Jeltsch wrote:

> Am Mittwoch, 16. November 2005 12:33 schrieb Scott Weeks:
>> The public comment/wiki spam problem is easily solved.
>>
>> Use JavaScript to generate a value and put it in a hidden form field.
>> Check for that value server side, if it's there then allow the post
>> otherwise disallow.
>>
>> Most if not all bots don't have JavaScript engines.
>
> But not all users use JavaScript.

A nicer solution might be to have the server generate a distorted image
of a key (as is done with user registration to combat automated user  
generation)
that should be typed in for an edit to be accepted (if you are not  
logged in).

Doei, Arthur.

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