Re: [Bug-gnupedia] Editorial control

[Imran Ghory]

On 25 Jan 2001, at 1:36, Mike Warren wrote:

> "Peter Verrey" <address@hidden> writes:
> 
> > To determine spam you need someone(s) to look over articles before
> > they are published.  Since this is pre-classification and pre-review
> > the goal is not to be subjective, but to follow a simple, clear, set
> > of rules.  It is more important to let articles in than make sure
> > *all* spam is rejected.
> 
> We might make a simple script to do a first-pass screening of
> entries. For example, if a number of English words (or whatever
> language it is submitted as) appear in the text, it's probably okay.
> 

Look at it this way, if someone is purposefully trying to abuse the 
system any automated check is almost certain to fail.

Imran Ghory