Wiki SPAM

Wiki SPAM

[Eric Bénard]

Hi,

http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Yjytalamago

is it posssible to remove this user which spent several hours to spam the wiki ?

Thanks,
Eric

Re: Wiki SPAM

[Chris Tapp]

On 24 Nov 2010, at 07:50, Eric Bénard wrote:

> http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Yjytalamago
>
> is it posssible to remove this user which spent several hours to  
> spam the wiki ?

My browser warns me that the "reserve website" linked from the  
modified pages (if that's the spam?) contains malware.

Chris

Re: Wiki SPAM

[Marco Cavallini]

Eric Bénard ha scritto, Il 24/11/2010 08:50:
> Hi,
> 
> http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Yjytalamago
> 
> is it posssible to remove this user which spent several hours to spam
> the wiki ?
> 
> Thanks,
> Eric
> 

Yes I agree, he spammed a lot of pages

Wiki spam

[Ben Gamari]

Can someone with the ability please delete the following spam pages on
the Wiki?

http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Acai_-_acai_berry_detox_discount_orders_-_extreme_acai_fatburn
http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Ashwagandha_-_ashwagandha_withania_somnifera_-_ashwagandha_erectile
http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/MBT_Shoes_Clinically_Beneficial_for_Feet
http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Ashwagandha_-_order_cheap_ashwagandha_-_purchase_generic_ashwagandha
http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Topamax_-_fda_lamictal_abilify_topamax_-_topamax_clip_magnets

Thanks,

- Ben

Re: Wiki spam

[Cliff Brake]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can someone with the ability please delete the following spam pages on
> the Wiki?
>
> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Acai_-_acai_berry_detox_discount_orders_-_extreme_acai_fatburn
> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Ashwagandha_-_ashwagandha_withania_somnifera_-_ashwagandha_erectile
> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/MBT_Shoes_Clinically_Beneficial_for_Feet
> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Ashwagandha_-_order_cheap_ashwagandha_-_purchase_generic_ashwagandha
> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Topamax_-_fda_lamictal_abilify_topamax_-_topamax_clip_magnets

Done.

It looks like someone is spamming our wiki with new users :-(

Any ideas where to go from here?

Thanks,
Cliff

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Re: Wiki spam

[Khem Raj]

On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 1:33 PM, Cliff Brake <cliff.brake@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 2:36 PM, Ben Gamari <bgamari.foss@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can someone with the ability please delete the following spam pages on
>> the Wiki?
>>
>> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Acai_-_acai_berry_detox_discount_orders_-_extreme_acai_fatburn
>> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Ashwagandha_-_ashwagandha_withania_somnifera_-_ashwagandha_erectile
>> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/MBT_Shoes_Clinically_Beneficial_for_Feet
>> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Ashwagandha_-_order_cheap_ashwagandha_-_purchase_generic_ashwagandha
>> http://www.openembedded.org/index.php/Topamax_-_fda_lamictal_abilify_topamax_-_topamax_clip_magnets
>
> Done.
>
> It looks like someone is spamming our wiki with new users :-(
>
> Any ideas where to go from here?

Add a captcha when creating new user acct

>
> Thanks,
> Cliff
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Re: Wiki spam

[Steffen Sledz]

Am 23.12.2010 23:14, schrieb Khem Raj:
>> ...
>> It looks like someone is spamming our wiki with new users :-(
>>
>> Any ideas where to go from here?
> 
> Add a captcha when creating new user acct

I can try to add the ConfirmEdit[1] mediawiki extension for this purpose.

Would a captcha be accepted for user registration by the community? Captchas for the edits itself i consider to be overkill.

Steffen

[1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit

Re: Wiki spam

[AJ ONeal]

I'm pro captcha.

AJ ONeal


On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Steffen Sledz <sledz@dresearch.de> wrote:

> Am 23.12.2010 23:14, schrieb Khem Raj:
> >> ...
> >> It looks like someone is spamming our wiki with new users :-(
> >>
> >> Any ideas where to go from here?
> >
> > Add a captcha when creating new user acct
>
> I can try to add the ConfirmEdit[1] mediawiki extension for this purpose.
>
> Would a captcha be accepted for user registration by the community?
> Captchas for the edits itself i consider to be overkill.
>
> Steffen
>
> [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
>
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Re: Wiki spam

[Philip Balister]

On 01/04/2011 01:15 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
> I'm pro captcha.

Since we are having a poll, I am for anything that helps out the guys 
doing admin work :)

Philip

>
> AJ ONeal
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 8:16 AM, Steffen Sledz<sledz@dresearch.de>  wrote:
>
>> Am 23.12.2010 23:14, schrieb Khem Raj:
>>>> ...
>>>> It looks like someone is spamming our wiki with new users :-(
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas where to go from here?
>>>
>>> Add a captcha when creating new user acct
>>
>> I can try to add the ConfirmEdit[1] mediawiki extension for this purpose.
>>
>> Would a captcha be accepted for user registration by the community?
>> Captchas for the edits itself i consider to be overkill.
>>
>> Steffen
>>
>> [1] http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
>>
>>
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Re: Wiki spam

[Frans Meulenbroeks]

2011/1/4 Philip Balister <philip@balister.org>:
> On 01/04/2011 01:15 PM, AJ ONeal wrote:
>>
>> I'm pro captcha.
>
> Since we are having a poll, I am for anything that helps out the guys doing
> admin work :)
>
>
I fully agree!

but if there are alternatives that are as effective as the captcha,
I'm in favour of those. I find the current captchas hard to read and
it does not really help that it are obscure words that I (as a
non-native speaker) do not know.

Frans.

Re: Wiki spam

[Bernhard Guillon]

On 04.01.2011 16:16, Steffen Sledz wrote:
>
> I can try to add the ConfirmEdit[1] mediawiki extension for this purpose.
>

ConfirmEdits default math question is looking too simple. reCAPTCHA 
might be better? Recent anti reCHAPCHA tools having rates about 17%. It 
is also solvable for blind people. The only drawback, it helps google to 
steal books...

What about a SpamBlacklist [1] with a regex to everything and a 
SpamWhitelist for OpenEmbedded related links? This will not need any 
captchas and do not help google. For adding a new item to the whitelist 
a request to the mailing list is necessary.

Best regards
Bernhard Guillon

1 http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist

Re: Wiki spam

[Sledz, Steffen]

Am 04.01.2011 21:41, schrieb Bernhard Guillon:
> What about a SpamBlacklist [1] with a regex to everything and a
> SpamWhitelist for OpenEmbedded related links? This will not need any
> captchas and do not help google. For adding a new item to the whitelist
> a request to the mailing list is necessary.

SpamBlacklist is up and running now.

But currently <http://wiki.openembedded.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist> is used.

Let's try this first. We can come back to your suggestion if it does not work well enough.

Steffen

PS@melo-admins: What about the policy to track all config changes with git? A 'git status' in /etc shows a lot of 'Changed but not updated'. :(