Re: W3C Spec Comments Form

On Oct 20, 2010, at 12:35 PM, Sam Ruby wrote:

> On 10/20/2010 02:13 PM, Tab Atkins Jr. wrote:
>> Could we either remove the W3C Spec comments form, or at least
>> specially flag anything submitted through it so that it requires some
>> degree of moderation before showing up in the bug tracker?
> 
> I presume that you are referring to the WHATWG spec comments form? I.e., the one that appears at the bottom of
> 
>  http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/
> 
> But not here:
> 
>  http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html

There's actually a new comment form in the Status of this Document section in the W3C copy. It's a different UI from the floating comment bar on the WHATWG copy. According to Tab, the W3C spec's form is producing a disproportionate amount of the spam bugs. Ian mentioned on IRC that the WHATWG comment form has more automated anti-spam measures, so that's one additional possibility. I also think moderating the comments before they turn into bugs is reasonable if automated measures prove to be insufficient.

Regards,
Maciej

Received on Wednesday, 20 October 2010 19:46:24 UTC