paul@0 | 1 | ##master-page:HelpTemplate |
paul@0 | 2 | ##master-date:Unknown-Date |
paul@0 | 3 | #format wiki |
paul@0 | 4 | #language en |
paul@0 | 5 | |
paul@0 | 6 | == TimeChanges == |
paul@0 | 7 | |
paul@0 | 8 | The !TimeChanges extension for !MoinMoin provides a way of monitoring editing |
paul@0 | 9 | activities on a wiki and thus preventing automated spam edits. In normal use, |
paul@0 | 10 | there should be no obvious indications that the extension has been installed. |
paul@0 | 11 | |
paul@0 | 12 | However, some attempts to save pages may cause one of the following messages |
paul@0 | 13 | to appear: |
paul@0 | 14 | |
paul@0 | 15 | {{{#!wiki |
paul@0 | 16 | {i} Page not changed: the page was saved too quickly after viewing. |
paul@0 | 17 | }}} |
paul@0 | 18 | |
paul@0 | 19 | {{{#!wiki |
paul@0 | 20 | {i} Page not changed: the page was saved again too soon or saved without |
paul@0 | 21 | viewing the page. |
paul@0 | 22 | }}} |
paul@0 | 23 | |
paul@0 | 24 | For normal wiki users, merely editing the page again, loading the saved draft, |
paul@0 | 25 | and saving should be sufficient to make sure that edits do not get lost. |
paul@0 | 26 | |
paul@0 | 27 | Administrators may wish to choose a shorter editing delay (the `editing_delay` |
paul@0 | 28 | setting) to avoid any recurring problems with page editing. Such a delay is |
paul@0 | 29 | only meant as a way of preventing automated editing by spammers whose scripts |
paul@0 | 30 | may attempt to save a page as soon as it has been fetched or may even attempt |
paul@0 | 31 | to save a page without having fetched the page first. A very short delay may |
paul@0 | 32 | be sufficiently useful without having a negative effect on legitimate wiki |
paul@0 | 33 | users. |