[CMake] Lower the barrier of entry to the wiki

[David Cole]

Well, sorry you found it tedious to go through those steps, but please
consider the flip side of the coin, too:

The wiki has actually been defaced/attacked by spammers in the past,
who have done some pretty silly things just to get the links to their
trash "out there"... So, the "barriers" to entry are to prevent
spammers from making the people hosting the wiki have to waste a bunch
of their time when that happens. There have to be some barriers, or
it's too easy for spammers to spam.

Hope you still find the time and inspiration to contribute to the wiki
once you're all registered and approved....


Cheers,
David C.



On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Gonzalo BG <gonzalobg88 at gmail.com> wrote:
> This is what happened:
>
> - I couldn't just edit the wiki, I had to make an account.
> - For making an account I had to fill up a 50 words bio .
> - I had to retype the captcha 5 times because I wasn't sure if I arrived at
> the 50 words or not.
> - Then I have to confirm the email address.
> - My account is now waiting for review.
> - I complained about this being insane to the mailing list but got an error
> that you had to register in order to post messages, so this is my second
> complain.
>
> I think that having a wiki with such a high barrier of entry is pointless.
> By the time my account gets reviewed it is going to be a miracle if I
> actually get to contribute those recipes.
>
> I think that there is just no excuse for this.
>
> Bests,
> Gonzalo BG
>
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