From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:46338) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqoHw-00042y-Mx for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:04:38 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqoHs-0001ni-Dl for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:04:32 -0500 Received: from v220110690675601.yourvserver.net ([78.47.199.172]:35216) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RqoHs-0001na-93 for qemu-devel@nongnu.org; Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:04:28 -0500 Message-ID: <4F22CB06.3000902@weilnetz.de> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:04:22 +0100 From: Stefan Weil MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <4F226AE3.3050305@msgid.tls.msk.ru> <4F229CDB.8050608@codemonkey.ws> In-Reply-To: <4F229CDB.8050608@codemonkey.ws> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Qemu-devel] cry for help: wiki.qemu.org spam List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , To: Anthony Liguori Cc: Michael Tokarev , qemu-devel Am 27.01.2012 13:47, schrieb Anthony Liguori: > On 01/27/2012 03:14 AM, Michael Tokarev wrote: >> The amount of spam our wiki.qemu.org collects, is >> increasing every day. It was easy several months >> ago to manually delete these pages once a week to >> keep wiki spam-free, now they sometimes manage to >> re-create a page while I delete it! >> >> No, it is not counted in 1000s per day - not yet >> anyway. But 10..20 new users with the same amount >> of new spam pages per day become a norm. >> >> To see how it looks like, see the RecentChanges: >> >> http://wiki.qemu.org/Special:RecentChanges >> >> There, each new user adds one spam page. And see >> this link >> >> http://wiki.qemu.org/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&hidebots=0 >> >> to see my actions too. >> >> What complicates things alot for me is the fact >> that now, after wiki changes, *every* "Delete page" >> operation takes 30..60 seconds to complete, and >> during all this time the wiki is not doing anything. >> This should be fixed too, I think. >> >> Now, I think the best course is to restrict new >> user creation, require moderation for new users. >> The best will be to ask them to write some words >> in the confirmation email as of why they want the >> account, -- so that the moderator will be able to >> tell somewhat if this is for real or not; but I've >> no idea if such a feature exists in mediawiki. >> >> I can play moderational role, -- this at least should >> be significantly easier than my current delete page >> approach. >> >> And if not, I'd love to see Nuke extension enabled -- >> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Nuke -- which >> should help with page deletion. > > Nuke's now available. Let me look into how moderation would work.. > > And thanks for helping keep the wiki spam free! > > Regards, > > Anthony Liguori > >> >> Any other suggestions are ofcourse welcome. >> >> Thanks, >> >> /mjt >> > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:Version shows the extensions used by Mediawiki. Look for "Spam prevention" - there are lots of extensions installed there for that purpose. Cheers, Stefan Weil