I've cleaned up the spam pages and blocked the users from posting. Let me
know if/when there are recurrences of spam.
Thanks,
Jason
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Jason Resch <jasonresch.domain.name.hidden> wrote:
> Currently the wiki is configured to force users to login before creating
> pages. I will delete the accounts associated with the spamming as well as
> the spam pages as soon as I look up the WikiSysop password.
> Jason
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Quentin Anciaux <allcolor.domain.name.hidden>wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to configure the wiki to only allow authentified person to
>> post ? or at least only one user/password for everybody would be
>> sufficient... spam bots are not that smart to read the list and get them ;)
>>
>> Regards,
>> Quentin
>>
>> 2008/9/26 jonni.jemp <jonni.jemp.domain.name.hidden>
>>
>>
>>> Hi Hal
>>>
>>> wiki spambots could eventually populate the whole site, including
>>> already created pages where
>>> earlier revisions [original material] might or might not be lost [as
>>> partially happened to one project wiki I was part of].
>>>
>>> several spam pages have been created in the everythingwiki
>>> http://everythingwiki.gcn.cx/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Allpages
>>>
>>> spam prevention entries on wikipedia include
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiki
>>> and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot
>>>
>>> best
>>>
>>> jj
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sep 26, 2:51 am, "Hal Ruhl" <HalR....domain.name.hidden> wrote:
>>> > Hi Jonni:
>>> >
>>> > How does this affect the site? I was hoping to use it this winter.
>>> >
>>> > Yours
>>> >
>>> > Hal Ruhl
>>> >
>>> > -----Original Message-----
>>> > From: everything-list.domain.name.hidden
>>> >
>>> > [mailto:everything-list.domain.name.hidden] On Behalf Of jonni jemp
>>> > Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 12:51 PM
>>> > To: everything-list.domain.name.hidden
>>> > Subject: everything wiki
>>> >
>>> > hi just to let you know that
>>> > the site is now getting spammed
>>> > cf.http://everythingwiki.gcn.cx/wiki/index.php?title=All_goldwow_sale
>>> >
>>> > best
>>> >
>>> > jonni jemp
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain.
>>
>> >>
>>
>
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