[pmwiki-users] Persistent attacks on pages

[Pico]

The entire text of the ToDo Cookbook page has been removed ten (10) 
times between 3/5/06 and 4/22/06 (different ip addresses each time).

1. What is the extent of this problem: Are there other pages that are 
persistently targeted in the same way (removal of all text)?
2. What should be done?

a. We could just keep playing cat and mouse until the fun wears out?  
But the attacks on the ToDo page resume after breaks as long as 10 days 
and two weeks.

b. Password Protecting the page would make it harder for people to add 
comments.  On the other hand, maybe the comments should be broken off to 
a separate page, leaving the basic recipe to be password protected.  
That has other benefits for this page because its comments have included 
long lines of literal text that throws off the screen size.

c. Can PmWiki distinguish an edit where all text is removed from other 
edits?  If so, should PmWiki allow administrators, or authors, to 
protect certain pages, or groups, from such edits (and page deletions) 
by requiring deletion passwords, by supplying automated restores, or by 
simply reporting?

Pico