X-Git-Url: http://git.vanrenterghem.biz/git.ikiwiki.info.git/blobdiff_plain/d5e65e582a34ae2494fee493ddcb2b959e4a4bce..cdf4932998985739144d674a942cde58c006d676:/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn diff --git a/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn b/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn index 2a8a922cd..506657a1c 100644 --- a/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn +++ b/doc/plugins/anonok.mdwn @@ -5,5 +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_pagespec`. 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_pagespec => "postcomment(*)"