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== Spam == | |||
Hello, it seems there is at least one spammer who injects spam into this wiki on a regular schedule. The list of URLs this spammer appends to articles is quite constant (google bombing?). | |||
Is it possible to reject any edits containing certain words (in this case: URLs)? | |||
Maik Merten | |||
:According to [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Vandalbot this page], it is possible to ban certain URLs. "A developer can add their site to the list of bad URLs. You can't save a page with a bad URL in it." | |||
::Or, for a first measure, some admin could block the offending ip address(range). Maybe someone also wants to send an abuse record to the corresponding provider, found by a whois query for these addresses. | |||
=== another way to avoid spam === | |||
# make the wiki editable only by registered users. | |||
# create a ''Guest'' user | |||
# show the password of the ''Guest'' account on the edit/login page | |||
Result: the autospam robots can't edit the page, all the human can. | |||
Revision as of 01:44, 12 October 2005
Spam
Hello, it seems there is at least one spammer who injects spam into this wiki on a regular schedule. The list of URLs this spammer appends to articles is quite constant (google bombing?).
Is it possible to reject any edits containing certain words (in this case: URLs)?
Maik Merten
- According to this page, it is possible to ban certain URLs. "A developer can add their site to the list of bad URLs. You can't save a page with a bad URL in it."
- Or, for a first measure, some admin could block the offending ip address(range). Maybe someone also wants to send an abuse record to the corresponding provider, found by a whois query for these addresses.
another way to avoid spam
- make the wiki editable only by registered users.
- create a Guest user
- show the password of the Guest account on the edit/login page
Result: the autospam robots can't edit the page, all the human can.