X-Git-Url: https://sipb.mit.edu/gitweb.cgi/ikiwiki.git/blobdiff_plain/21add7ffa87a5e622d18bdbb24c638c15bdb3800..662ea9971c6608a6a826b8b29ce7294e77304b41:/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn b/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn index ab2f744e2..506657a1c 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn @@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ By default, anonymous users cannot edit the wiki. This plugin allows anonymous web users, who have not signed in, to edit any page in the wiki by default. -The plugin also has a configuration setting, `anonok_pages`. This -[[PageSpec]] can be used to allow anonymous editing of matching pages. +Please think twice before enabling this plugin. If your wiki is accessible +to the internet, it *will* be subject to spamming if this plugin is +enabled. Such spam is not only a pain to deal with, but it bloats the +revision control history of your wiki. + +The plugin has a configuration setting, `anonok_pagespec`. This +[[ikiwiki/PageSpec]] can be used to allow anonymous editing of matching pages. If you're using the [[comments]] plugin, you can allow anonymous comments to be posted by setting: - anonok_pages => "postcomment(*)" + anonok_pagespec => "postcomment(*)"