From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?utf-8?B?xaB0xJtww6FuIE7Em21lYw==?= Subject: Re: wiki "abuse" Date: Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:48:21 +0200 Message-ID: <877hk0n5cq.fsf@gmail.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Cc: git@vger.kernel.org To: "Amir E. Aharoni" X-From: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Sun Aug 08 23:48:41 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.132.180.67]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OiDjU-0000dW-Gw for gcvg-git-2@lo.gmane.org; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 23:48:40 +0200 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754784Ab0HHVsf convert rfc822-to-quoted-printable (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:48:35 -0400 Received: from mail-px0-f174.google.com ([209.85.212.174]:43623 "EHLO mail-px0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754584Ab0HHVse convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sun, 8 Aug 2010 17:48:34 -0400 Received: by pxi14 with SMTP id 14so3462457pxi.19 for ; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:48:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=RyTfRHllj+CTqjZjF7mmlieisVVmUQtfQ4+NjdGw9XQ=; b=pljDnJ0Dhf+B4IIip61ni1Sut27yZdFFu9djYu7M4xy8LKKhcX0PqstKk1qMu3STvn HNqRLcvdAAG2wRnhS63nzyd441d9T04pgtZx4szaWOS/eurajS3VyEzO1gBxjqUSpyDe 57SFaOQ1Uh/uFquK9oEXA3P5DRkxDxHNhfLj8= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:references:user-agent:date :message-id:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=SF3mIXc3HxsosnC8Yol+Qu52/Gb9RJlgg3RwAITLyTZ/iXizPKkIy5nah5Iq9PPV4K 2Qvoud0N/UbNsuXwLHJUB5ps6cfR+s1+AfaQCA6v73Z0ttJrKzusTDAz8GVm3CUEb0fw gzKt0xaxlHnrTYBcjbHXu0oIDpfvZodbop5GI= Received: by 10.114.15.11 with SMTP id 11mr17390910wao.121.1281304113748; Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:48:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ([88.103.132.186]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id q6sm8891962waj.10.2010.08.08.14.48.30 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 08 Aug 2010 14:48:32 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Amir E. Aharoni's message of "Sun, 8 Aug 2010 10:57:41 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.2 (gnu/linux) Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Archived-At: "Amir E. Aharoni" writes: > 2010/8/8 : >> On Sat, 7 Aug 2010, Amir E. Aharoni wrote: >> there is a lot of spamming happening nowdays in wikis and other web = forums, >> so it's not too surprising to me that a page that is just 'this is w= ho I am >> and here is a link to my blog' would be considered spam. There are c= ompanies >> who are out there trying to get improved google ratings by having lo= ts of >> pages with links to their page. many of them do this by buying lots = of >> domains and hosting them in different places, but there are a lot th= at are >> unethical enough to put pages very similar to what you describe as h= aving >> posted on any site they can manage to get into. > > There are people on this list who know MediaWiki much better than i > do, so you don't need technical support from me, but i'll mention > anyway, that installing a Captcha extension, even a simple one such a= s > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit , lowers automate= d > spamming. > > And if the suspected spammer is a human and not a robot, talking to > him is better than blocking on sight. > > Can anyone please unblock my account Amire80 and IP 132.64.34.38? > There are some contributions i want to make. Thank you. To the people who have replied so far: please read Amir's original message again. The point is not if you or anyone is interested in Amir'= s blog or who he is or whatever (some possibly appropriate measures were already mentioned in this thread), the point is that if what Amir described is true (and I see no reason to doubt that), some Git Wiki admin obviously behaves like a jerk. I admire Amir's patience, politeness and constructive reaction to that and hope the person who abused him will give up admin privileges or at least apologise. =C5=A0t=C4=9Bp=C3=A1n