Whats to stop somebody from blowing away all the content on a Wiki site?
Q: I’m new to this, and I’m just wondering… Is there ANY kind of security that stops a malicious person who comes across a Wiki from wiping out all the content, simply by editing the pages and removing all their content? Q: Nope. None whatsoever. See WikiWikiWeb:WhyWikiWorks for a more detailed discussion, but essentially it’s the fact that there are far more good-willed users than malicious users, and that restoring destroyed content is roughly as easy as destroying the content. If everyone could remove graffiti from the buildings with a flick of a wrist, we wouldn’t have much of it. Actually, newer versions of JSPWiki do have content protection built-in, but they do also restrict the “good” users.
