Is there a reason we need to login to read the wiki now?

Haaaaalllllppppp! I wanna read pages on the Wiki, but it wants me to log in, I try and log in with my play.net account info, and it says the password is wrong!! HAAALLLPPP!!

Lyquitta, Cleric of Kuon
(Previously: Cylnthia, Paladin of Kuon)

(Bug squish and re-post)

<<Haaaaalllllppppp! I wanna read pages on the Wiki, but it wants me to log in, I try and log in with my play.net account info, and it says the password is wrong!! HAAALLLPPP!!>>

<<This might be a personal problem. No difficulty logging in here.>>

Guh. I wonder if it's because I'm on a F2P account?

Gods, please tell me it's not because I'm a F2P account. What's next GSWiki passes in the SimuCoin store?!? Ugh...

Lyquitta, Cleric of Kuon
(Previously: Cylnthia, Paladin of Kuon)

is this intended? I certainly hope not.

It's not the end of the world. You can select 'remember my password' and it's good for a week.

>>You can select 'remember my password' and it's good for a week.

The entire web is built on the concept of anonymous browsing. Benefits of people wanting to get read up before getting engaged or confusion for new players who probably don't have to log in anywhere else on any other entertainment venue to see if they might be interested seem to be overlooked in such a cavalier statement. And - unfortunate truth - unnecessary exposure of the stored session information through the local system being compromised is a weakness that shouldn't be underestimated, especially when there are so many more local systems than there is a host / server system. Editing (changing content) or greater is where some form of elevated or privileged use should be employed. Leaving it around for seven days? No, I wouldn't ever recommend that (hence why I didn't bite on Wyrom's suggesting the same.)

In short, there's no good security reason for this in the long term. If, however, there's specific work being done that opens potential vulnerabilities until that work is complete, then yes - it would be wise to prevent any anonymous activity. . . at least until the specific work is done.

Doug

I'm checking to see what changed.

The 7 day login is intended, but I don't know about the read-only issues right now.

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Pretty sure this is an honest mistake or a temporary thing and not the end of the world.

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<<Logging in to read I think is a bit much. As others have said, some times that's how you catch new players, when they read the rules. ... I'm totally in favor of having to have an account to edit. And, quite frankly, I'm perfectly willing to let that be part of the bennies of being on a paying account. >>

What Krakii said.

Lyquitta, Cleric of Kuon
(Previously: Cylnthia, Paladin of Kuon)

Thanks, Estild. Very good decision.

--David

"At a moment like this, I can't help but wonder, 'What would Jimmy Buffett do?'"

Not even due to me. Just got word that it was fixed and wanted to pass along the news.

GameMaster Estild

Thanks for the heads-up, Estild, and thanks to the people in the background who got the wiki all fixed up and happy again!

Lyquitta, Cleric of Kuon
(Previously: Cylnthia, Paladin of Kuon)