Re: [s-d] Why is the wiki restricted?

["Peter Cooper Jr." <pete+bnomic@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Antonio Dolcetta <antonio.dolcetta@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> comex wrote:
>> I recently tried to edit (well, actually, look at the source of) a
>> page, and I discovered that I needed to log in to edit pages.
>> Clicking "log in", there is no create account option.  I had
>> previously created an account, so I have one, but is there a reason
>> the wiki needs to be thus restricted?
>> 
> we had a couple of problems with spammers, and Peter asked Joel to 
> restrict edits to logged in people.
> Dunno why you can't even register.

Because the spambots were registering as users.

If anyone needs an account, let me know and I'll set one up for you.

-- 
Peter C.
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