[R-wiki] require login to modify the wiki?

[Drew]

I agree that portions of the wiki should be open to
all (this is consistent
with the wiki philosophy), but I also believe that
some pages/sections
should be restricted to certain individuals/groups.
One of the main concerns
of the R-core team is that of quality of content, and
it is my conern too.
People will visit and use the R wiki only if there is
useful (and quality)
content there. By limiting access (at least initially
or during development
phase) higher quality is likely.

The biggest value I see in a wiki is the sharing of
code via some sort of
code library. I think this is currently called 'rtips'
at the wiki. I see
this as a place where users at all levels will be able
to find something
useful to get daily tasks accomplished. The R wiki
should save people time
by helping them find the right code quickly to get
their work done.

Perhaps a useful feature might be a way to identify
easily (via a small
graphic or color-coded text) what contributions have
been submitted
anonymously verses those submitted by registered users
vs. those submitted
by the maintainer(s) of the wiki.


-----Original Message-----
From: r-sig-wiki-bounces at r-project.org
[mailto:r-sig-wiki-bounces at r-project.org]On Behalf Of
Philippe Grosjean
Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:58 AM
To: Tony Plate
Cc: r-sig-wiki at r-project.org
Subject: Re: [R-wiki] require login to modify the
wiki?


Tony Plate wrote:
> At the moment, it seems anyone can modify the wiki
without logging in.
> These changes get logged (in "recent changes") as
coming from a
> numerical IP address, which is not very informative.
 When people make
> changes while logged in, the changes are logged with
their username.
> This seems more useful.  Should the wiki be set up
to only allow
> logged-in users to edit it?
>
> -- Tony Plate

Yes, definitely! And also with restriction to given
groups for certains
pages (the start page, the Wiki section, explaining
how to use it,
except the playground, the documentation section,
except for the
discussion at the bottom of each page...). For the
moment, I have
inactivated all restrictions, so that everybody can
edit pages, even if
not logged in, but that's only for the prptotype!
Best,

Philippe Grosjean

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