Thanks. Let's see what we can do. henrik
On Sun, Feb 5, 2012 at 12:29 PM, Michael Shadle <[email protected]> wrote: > i updated the rights - > > pcrews > hingo > > are now administrators, hopefully mediawiki works properly you can > upgrade other folks and tweak possibly some settings, editing the > actual LocalSettings.php on the filesystem might be the only way to > lock certain things down though. > > > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 1:54 PM, Henrik Ingo <[email protected]> wrote: >> Oh, while complaining about the part we should still complete, I >> completely forgot: Thank you for stepping up to help with this! >> >> At least the wiki is clean now. Maybe we can keep an eye on it for >> now, if it's just once or twice a month that there is new spam, we can >> perhaps battle it manually. (Not closing the gates for new users has >> some value.) >> >> henrik >> >> On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:08 AM, Ivo Roper <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi folks, I'm a friend of Brian and Mark's in Seattle. >>> >>> I removed roughly a dozen such articles, as far back as mid-2011, and it was >>> clear that at least one other person was removing them at the same time. >>> There were a few main culprit accounts in the format of FirstnameLastname, I >>> don't know if those have been deleted yet. >>> >>> Thank you for bringing it up! >>> >>> Ivo >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 2:23 PM, Henrik Ingo <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Guys, did anyone actually do anything about this? If you don't have >>>> the time to take care of it, then please share admin rights with >>>> people that do. >>>> >>>> henrik >>>> >>>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 10:30 PM, Henrik Ingo <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Hmm... Since I can't see the admin interface it's hard to have any >>>> > enlightened opinion, but... >>>> > >>>> > Isn't there a setting where anyone can register themselves but cannot >>>> > actually make edits until an admin gives them more rights / marks them >>>> > as verified. I remember many MediaWiki installations have this in >>>> > relation to my email verification: I could only edit content after >>>> > verifying my email. >>>> > >>>> > henrik >>>> > >>>> > On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Michael Shadle <[email protected]> >>>> > wrote: >>>> >> Moderating user registrations will require some MW tweaking, and >>>> >> plugins if they even exist. I can turn off new user registration, or >>>> >> the capability for anyone to make edits, etc quite easily however. But >>>> >> then it's more of a "controlled editor" atmosphere than a true wiki, >>>> >> but that seems to be plenty useful >>>> >> >>>> >> >>>> >> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 1:29 AM, Henrik Ingo >>>> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>> No, the captcha is there but spammers work around it. I'm not sure but >>>> >>> I think they simply hire cheap labor in Asia and Africa to manually >>>> >>> type in their spam. The only spam-protection that I've found to really >>>> >>> work are the services mollom and akismet that do spam-filtering on a >>>> >>> global scale, mostly based on the links embedded in a post. I don't >>>> >>> know if a plugin to these exists for mediawiki. >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Since we are not a hyper-active project, it's easier to simply have >>>> >>> all accounts blocked until approved. (If you guys are unsure of your >>>> >>> attentiveness, please add me as admin. We also want to make sure that >>>> >>> proper users are still approved in a timely manner.) >>>> >>> >>>> >>> Crews: When doing that change, you should consider adding some text >>>> >>> that people should write an email to drizzle-discuss after registering >>>> >>> on the wiki. The problem is that you'll continue to get spam users >>>> >>> registering themselves on a weekly basis, so it will be impossible to >>>> >>> notice one or two legitimate ones. The best way is to just ask them to >>>> >>> send a ping to the mailing list (what spammers won't do). >>>> >>> >>>> >>> henrik >>>> >>> >>>> >>> On Sun, Jan 29, 2012 at 2:13 AM, Michael Shadle <[email protected]> >>>> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> I thought I changed the settings on there and added captcha stuff at >>>> >>>> least. Mediawiki is a pile. I don't mind saying it publicly. If >>>> >>>> anyone knows >>>> >>>> how to configure it better I am all ears. I need to look to see what >>>> >>>> I did >>>> >>>> to it, I had made changes to that around the same time as another >>>> >>>> wiki and >>>> >>>> may be getting confused. I had tried a couple anti-spam modules but >>>> >>>> couldn't >>>> >>>> even confirm if they were working 100% (see comment about MW being a >>>> >>>> pile) >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Jan 28, 2012, at 3:45 PM, pcrews <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> There are a number of garbage / spam pages that have been added that >>>> >>>>> we can't delete either. I'm going through to try to blank the >>>> >>>>> content until >>>> >>>>> we can properly remove them. >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> On 01/28/2012 04:38 PM, Henrik Ingo wrote: >>>> >>>>>> Hi >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> We have been notified by a friendly netizen that our wiki is full >>>> >>>>>> of >>>> >>>>>> spam. Indeed: >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> http://wiki.drizzle.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=100 >>>> >>>>>> http://wiki.drizzle.org/Special:ListUsers >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> There's more spam than normal activity. >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> I propose that: >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> - we change the settings on the wiki such that users must be >>>> >>>>>> approved >>>> >>>>>> by an administrator before they can post anything. >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> - this also makes it possible to remove the captcha stuff (since >>>> >>>>>> we >>>> >>>>>> can then trust all users) which will greatly enhance usability. >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> I don't have admin rights so please Mike or someone else do the >>>> >>>>>> above urgently. >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> We then also need to clean up all the spam. Any help there is >>>> >>>>>> welcome. >>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>>>> henrik >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >>>> >>>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> >>>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >>>> >>>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >>>> >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >>>> >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> >>>> >>> -- >>>> >>> [email protected] >>>> >>> +358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo >>>> >>> www.openlife.cc >>>> >>> >>>> >>> My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > -- >>>> > [email protected] >>>> > +358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo >>>> > www.openlife.cc >>>> > >>>> > My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> [email protected] >>>> +358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo >>>> www.openlife.cc >>>> >>>> My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >>>> Post to : [email protected] >>>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >>>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> [email protected] >> +358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo >> www.openlife.cc >> >> My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp -- [email protected] +358-40-8211286 skype: henrik.ingo irc: hingo www.openlife.cc My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=9522559 _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~drizzle-discuss More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
