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A couple of comments and a proposal
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Currently we observe very special spam attacs -- only IPs -- that place single nonsense words in existing pages. [[User:John Stanton|John]] stated that we are not the only wiki that ist annoyed. They are testing the terrain before putting in real spam, said [[User:Felix|Felix]]. | Currently we observe very special spam attacs -- only IPs -- that place single nonsense words in existing pages. [[User:John Stanton|John]] stated that we are not the only wiki that ist annoyed. They are testing the terrain before putting in real spam, said [[User:Felix|Felix]]. | ||
Turns out I was right, too. Recently, I deleted several dozen links to adult content from a page. -- [[Felix Pleşoianu]] | <small>[[User talk:Felix|talk]]</small> 08:55, 13 October 2007 (EDT) | |||
We found it useful to block them for 3 days or for the first and even longer if we observe them junking after that. | We found it useful to block them for 3 days or for the first and even longer if we observe them junking after that. | ||
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* 1 week, anon only, for the second | * 1 week, anon only, for the second | ||
and make further comments on former blockings, for instance <tt>3d .. 1w</tt>, that means 3 days last, 1 week now. | and make further comments on former blockings, for instance <tt>3d .. 1w</tt>, that means 3 days last, 1 week now. | ||
Maybe I'm too radical, but in the case of a spammer returning for a third time or so I'd block the IP for a longer time. Several months, at least. -- [[Felix Pleşoianu]] | <small>[[User talk:Felix|talk]]</small> 08:55, 13 October 2007 (EDT) | |||
'''Make shure to uncheck "account creation"'''. We are mostly spammed by IPs. | '''Make shure to uncheck "account creation"'''. We are mostly spammed by IPs. | ||
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* useful contributions | * useful contributions | ||
* shared | * shared | ||
== How about protecting certain pages? == | |||
I noticed that some pages that are otherwise seldom changed (such as [[TourBusStop]]) are spammed repeatedly. Maybe we should consider protecting those from anonymous edits? | |||
[[category:WikiProjects]] | [[category:WikiProjects]] | ||