Re: [s-d] [s-b] 115.9 Administrator's Update; Voting Starts

[Antonio Dolcetta <antonio.dolcetta@xxxxxxxxx>]

Daniel Lepage wrote:
> 
> On Jan 22, 2007, at 5:44 AM, Antonio Dolcetta wrote:
> 
>> bd wrote:
>>> Antonio Dolcetta wrote:
>>>>> /* Actually, why not just declare the proposals section of the  
>>>>> wiki a
>>>>> public forum, perhaps one limited to only Game Actions which are
>>>>> either
>>>>> creating or amending proposals? */
>>>>>
>>>> I'd still like post on the list to be a requirement, otherwise  
>>>> people
>>>> might silently change the proposal subtly...
>>>> Even just something basic, like "i just amended my prop on the wiki,
>>>> go and have a look" would be fine
>>> A bot or something might be a good idea. Inform people each nday (on
>>> s-n?) which props have been changed, then lock them all before  
>>> voting...
>>> Though this isn't really suited for mediawiki's model; perhaps  
>>> putting
>>> props on some different webapp would be best?
>>>
>> I just started writing a proposal manager, the idea is you send your
>> proposal to an email address, it gets parsed and sent to the list, and
>> also inserted/updated on the wiki
>> If it works we could also use it for votes etc.
>> Unfortunatley I am still without a web enabled platform i can call my
>> own right now, but that should change in the next few weeks.
> 
> Doesn't that have some security problems? As in, how do you stop  
> players from posing as other players? Also, what sort of syntax will  
> this use?
> 

Users will have a password, you register sending a special command, and 
a password gets sent back
further commands must be authenticated using the provided password
As for the syntax, I'm thinking about it, and open to proposals :D

> FWIW, I still have the proposal scripts from an earlier age when it  
> was done through a webform built into MoinMoin.
> 

I remember when we had A nomic that David has some automatic mail 
scripts, that was the idea I was aiming for.
Of course if you think restarting the moin moin scripts could be faster 
  or better, i'm all for it






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