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Spammers regularly targetted [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Old_Liberapedia Old Liberapedia], (now no longer a wiki) and the Wiki had out of date software. Sysops deleted articles that were entirely spam and blocked spammers. Ordinary users replaced spam with delete templates and aleted sysops. Spam in good articles was reverted. Over about 2 months spammers decided targeting Liberapedia wasn't worthwhile. Spam reduced to a trickle. New [[Liberapedia]] (Currently online) has better software and should be less vulnerable. If humans guard their Wiki systematically this helps even with bad software. [[Vandal]]s were a regular problem in Old Liberapedia and are less easily detered. | Spammers regularly targetted [http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Old_Liberapedia Old Liberapedia], (now no longer a wiki) and the Wiki had out of date software. Sysops deleted articles that were entirely spam and blocked spammers. Ordinary users replaced spam with delete templates and aleted sysops. Spam in good articles was reverted. Over about 2 months spammers decided targeting Liberapedia wasn't worthwhile. Spam reduced to a trickle. New [[Liberapedia]] (Currently online) has better software and should be less vulnerable. If humans guard their Wiki systematically this helps even with bad software. [[Vandal]]s were a regular problem in Old Liberapedia and are less easily detered. | ||
==Spamming the spammers | ==Spamming the spammers== | ||
As Wikiindex has grown spammers have started spamming this wiki and it’s becoming annoying. [[User:Proxima Centauri|Proxima Centauri]] has started replacing spam with the message below. Afterwards the page is protected so the spammer can’t do anything about this message which they don’t want potential customers to read. See [[Opportunityreview]] Wikiindex users are free to copy this for their own wiki. If you are not an administrator you can ask one of the admins on your wiki to protect the page. | As Wikiindex has grown spammers have started spamming this wiki and it’s becoming annoying. [[User:Proxima Centauri|Proxima Centauri]] has started replacing spam with the message below. Afterwards the page is protected so the spammer can’t do anything about this message which they don’t want potential customers to read. See [[Opportunityreview]] Wikiindex users are free to copy this for their own wiki. If you are not an administrator you can ask one of the admins on your wiki to protect the page. | ||
:''I find this to be a very interesting strategy. Not sure how I feel about it yet. What is the thought around using a template or category to be able to keep track of these pages? Best, [[MarkDilley]]'' | :''I find this to be a very interesting strategy. Not sure how I feel about it yet. What is the thought around using a template or category to be able to keep track of these pages? Best, [[MarkDilley]]'' | ||