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-rw-r--r--docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst3
-rw-r--r--docs/source/siteadmin/production-deployments.rst26
-rw-r--r--docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst1
3 files changed, 12 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst b/docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst
index 8a8c19ac..caebf490 100644
--- a/docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst
+++ b/docs/source/siteadmin/deploying.rst
@@ -317,9 +317,6 @@ your own email address and enter a secure password when prompted::
$ ./bin/gmg adduser --username you --email you@example.com
$ ./bin/gmg makeadmin you
-Public registrations is disabled by default due to automated spam
-registrations. For more details, see ":ref:`enable-registration`"
-
Test the Server
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/source/siteadmin/production-deployments.rst b/docs/source/siteadmin/production-deployments.rst
index 022d8175..52563e6e 100644
--- a/docs/source/siteadmin/production-deployments.rst
+++ b/docs/source/siteadmin/production-deployments.rst
@@ -18,30 +18,28 @@ Further Considerations for Production Deployments
This page extends upon our ":doc:`deploying`" guide to describe some common
issues affecting production deployments.
-.. _enable-registration:
Should I Keep Open Registration Enabled?
----------------------------------------
-Unfortunately, enabling public registrations in MediaGoblin will usually result
-in many thousands of automated spam registrations. Spam accounts will typically
-remain un-activated, but the volume alone may cause poor performance on your
-site. For this reason, registrations are disabled by default and we recommend
-against enabling public registration.
+Unfortunately, in this current release of MediaGoblin we are suffering
+from spammers registering to public instances en masse. As such, you
+may want to either:
-Should you choose to enable registration, you can update in your mediagoblin.ini
-like so::
+a) Disable registration on your instance and just make
+ accounts for people you know and trust (eg via the `gmg adduser`
+ command). You can disable registration in your mediagoblin.ini
+ like so::
[mediagoblin]
allow_registration = false
-Alternatively, you may wish to just make accounts for people you know and trust
-(eg via the `gmg adduser` command).
+b) Enable a CAPTCHA plugin. But unfortunately, though some CAPTCHA
+ plugins exist, for various reasons we do not have any general
+ recommendations we can make at this point.
-A further option may be to enable a CAPTCHA plugin. But unfortunately, though
-some CAPTCHA plugins exist, for various reasons we do not have any general
-recommendations we can make at this point. We hope to provide a better solution
-to this problem in the future.
+We hope to have a better solution to this situation shortly. We
+apologize for the inconvenience in the meanwhile.
Confidential Files
diff --git a/docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst b/docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst
index 04eb5366..78342d99 100644
--- a/docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst
+++ b/docs/source/siteadmin/relnotes.rst
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ This chapter has important information about our current and previous releases.
- Remove Debian 10 development Dockerfile (BenSturmfels)
- Document running multiple MediaGoblin instances on one server (Ben Sturmfels)
- Begin conversion from jQuery to vanilla JS (Ben Sturmfels)
-- Disable registration by default due to spam (Ben Sturmfels)
**Bug fixes:**