Jesus, how annoying. I will implement the Extension:QuestyCaptcha later today.
Best Troels Troels Emtekær Linnet 2013/8/12 Edward d'Auvergne <[email protected]> > Hi Troels, > > The reCAPTCHA from Google is clearly not working - I just deleted a > ton of bots and the junk pages they created. I think we should > consider different options for the relax wiki. For example we can > have some basic NMR questions through QuestyCaptcha: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:QuestyCaptcha > > I.e. questions or statements such as, "Please expand the acronym NMR" > and maybe "Please expand the acronym FID". Another tough question for > bots might be, "Please list a maker of NMR magnets". These should be > easier enough for NMR users while blocking the bots. What do you > think? We could just constantly change between basic NMR questions if > a bot herder manually breaks the Captcha by using Google and storing > the answer - which we will easily see once the junk comes through > again. If the bots become too overwhelming, then we can resort to: > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension%3aConfirmAccount > > Regards, > > Edward > > > > On 9 August 2013 12:33, Edward d'Auvergne <[email protected]> wrote: > > Ah, that's how it's done. Cheers! > > > > Edward > > > > On 9 August 2013 12:16, Troels Emtekær Linnet <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Edward. > >> > >> You find all "special pages" in the left menu, under toolbox: > >> http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Special:SpecialPages > >> > >> Depending on your login-credentials, you will see different > >> special page options. > >> > >> You would probably use: > >> User list - http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Special:ListUsers > >> Merge and delete users - http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Special:UserMerge > >> > >> Old user (merge from): The user name of the spammer > >> New user (merge to): Spam bot > >> > >> > >> Best > >> > >> > >> > >> Troels Emtekær Linnet > >> > >> > >> 2013/8/9 Edward d'Auvergne <[email protected]> > >>> > >>> Hi, > >>> > >>> No problems, I'll keep watching and see what happens. I've had quite > >>> some experience cleaning up after spam bots, as they attacked the > >>> relax news system at https://gna.org/news/?group=relax. As for the > >>> CAPTCHA for setting up a new account, I checked yesterday and there > >>> was none. Today it's working though. We just have to keep watching > >>> and see what happens. Maybe a better CAPTCHA is required if they can > >>> still come through. One question though, how do I use the merge and > >>> delete extension? > >>> > >>> Cheers, > >>> > >>> Edward > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 9 August 2013 11:18, Troels Emtekær Linnet <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>> > Hi Edward. > >>> > > >>> > Damn does bots. > >>> > Thanks for taking care! > >>> > > >>> > 1) > >>> > I have increased the security, so you need to have link-click > confirmed > >>> > your > >>> > email, > >>> > before you can edit. > >>> > > >>> > 2) > >>> > I have also made it necessary to do CAPTCHA input, before each > >>> > submission of > >>> > a page edit. > >>> > > >>> > 3) > >>> > I installed a Merge and delete users extension for admins. > >>> > I have created a user: Spam bot > >>> > And merged and deleted all dubious users into that user user. > >>> > (Note, total deletion on wiki's is "normally" not possible). > >>> > > >>> > I hope this helps a little. > >>> > > >>> > I am stunned, that the bots can be created at all. ? > >>> > You need to pass CAPTCHA, to be able to create a user. ? > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > Troels Emtekær Linnet > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > 2013/8/9 Edward d'Auvergne <[email protected]> > >>> >> > >>> >> Hi Troels, > >>> >> > >>> >> I really think we need to set up a CAPTCHA > >>> >> (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CAPTCHA) for the user creation on > the > >>> >> relax wiki (http://wiki.nmr-relax.com). Maybe for new page > creation > >>> >> as well. The wiki has been infested with bots and I have been > >>> >> deleting these accounts and all the pages they created: > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&offset=&limit=500 > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&offset=&limit=500&type=delete&user= > >>> >> > >>> >> There's no rush as it's still relatively each to whack these bots. > >>> >> > >>> >> Regards, > >>> >> > >>> >> Edward > >>> > > >>> > > >> > >> >
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