10:29 a.m.
#80: Create 'wiki-editors' FAS group
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Reporter: jflory7 | Owner:
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: ASAP
Component: Outreach | Severity: urgent
Keywords: |
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= problem =
The Fedora Account System (FAS) has been under near constant attacks by
spammers for months. As a security pre-measure, editing privileges on the
wiki have been revoked to only those with CLA+1 privileges.
Some teams have a dependence on the wiki for some tasks involving new
members or getting started with contributing. This can be a potential
blocker for new contributors getting involved with the project.
= analysis =
It was discussed having a FAS group that alleviates this problem without
necessarily sponsoring new contributors into a FAS group for a team. For
example, a ''wiki-editors'' FAS group that gives interested users access
to edit the wiki and access something like their fedorapeople.org space
(and subsequently, the Fedora Planet).
= enhancement recommendation =
1. Create a new FAS group: ''wiki-editors''
2. Invite leading members from other sub-projects as sponsors to the
group.
3. Document the existence of this group and how to get sponsored in the
general "Join" section on the wiki*.
4. Share an update about this on the Community Blog.
A few notes:
* Administration of the group could be handled by CommOps
* Steps for getting sponsored into the group would depend on each
individual sub-project's on-boarding process (e.g. introduce yourself on
mailing list, then you will be able to be sponsored to ''wiki-editors'')
* Some evaluation / updating for existing on-boarding steps would need to
be considered for this new requirement
Curious to know what everyone else's thoughts are on this or if this
implementation sounds like a good idea. +1s / +0s / -1s welcome!
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Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-commops/ticket/80>
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