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