Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. -ffm On Jan 5, 2008 3:58 PM, Tom Hannen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > The wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages, made by user > Star... > > Can someone go in and clear them quickly? > > Tom > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
ffm wrote: > User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. Don't they ever learn that vandalism is pointless with a wiki because it can be undone faster than it was done? Thank you for fixing it. -- \___/ |___| Bernardo Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ \___\ One Laptop Per Child - http://www.laptop.org/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
In the community spirit of wikis and controlling spam., some thoughts come to mind. If the wiki spam gets so bad, that it it takes important time from others How about the idea of turning on 'email confirmation required' on new accounts, and/or account required to make edits ? (or at least, not logged in users can only edit some Talk: and own user page??) -- :-) ... Errr... I mean... -Iain On Jan 5, 2008 2:39 PM, Bernardo Innocenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ffm wrote: > > User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. > > Don't they ever learn that vandalism is pointless with > a wiki because it can be undone faster than it was done? > > Thank you for fixing it. > > -- > \___/ > |___| Bernardo Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ > \ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
Iain (OLPC) Davidson wrote: > In the community spirit of wikis and controlling spam., some thoughts > come to mind. > > If the wiki spam gets so bad, that it it takes important time from > others How about the idea of turning on 'email confirmation > required' on new accounts, and/or account required to make edits ? (or > at least, not logged in users can only edit some Talk: and own user page??) I would agree to adopt very light restrictions such as those you propose only if the problem became really serious. The spirit of a wiki is to keep the cost of making edits as low as possible so that more people will contribute changes. And a small percentage of these will eventually become important editors. The above paragraph sounds like visionary speech. I'm very glad I can point at the Wikipedia as a proof I'm not totally crazy :-) -- \___/ |___| Bernardo Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ \___\ One Laptop Per Child - http://www.laptop.org/ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
On Jan 5, 2008 5:39 PM, Bernardo Innocenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ffm wrote: > > User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. > > Don't they ever learn that vandalism is pointless with > a wiki because it can be undone faster than it was done? hmm. adding text is pointless... If a vandal went through and did massive deletions, is it recoverable? JK > > Thank you for fixing it. > > -- > \___/ > |___| Bernardo Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ > \___\ One Laptop Per Child - http://www.laptop.org/ > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > -- ~~ Microsoft help desk says: reply hazy, ask again later. ~~ ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
hmm. adding text is pointless... > > > If a vandal went through and did massive deletions, is it recoverable? > > > yes, this can be done going trough the page history and reverting changes > . > > > > -- Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
yes, deletions are recoverable. I didn't see the additions; were they just spam? Did someone talk to Star? SJ On Jan 6, 2008 12:36 PM, Jeffrey Kesselman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 5, 2008 5:39 PM, Bernardo Innocenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ffm wrote: > > > User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. > > > > Don't they ever learn that vandalism is pointless with > > a wiki because it can be undone faster than it was done? > > hmm. adding text is pointless... > > > If a vandal went through and did massive deletions, is it recoverable? > > > JK > > > > Thank you for fixing it. > > > > -- > > \___/ > > |___| Bernardo Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ > > \___\ One Laptop Per Child - http://www.laptop.org/ > > > > ___ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > > > > -- > ~~ Microsoft help desk says: reply hazy, ask again later. ~~ > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
yes. there is a page revert option. -walter On Jan 6, 2008 12:36 PM, Jeffrey Kesselman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 5, 2008 5:39 PM, Bernardo Innocenti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ffm wrote: > > > User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. > > > > Don't they ever learn that vandalism is pointless with > > a wiki because it can be undone faster than it was done? > > hmm. adding text is pointless... > > > If a vandal went through and did massive deletions, is it recoverable? > > > JK > > > > Thank you for fixing it. > > > > -- > > \___/ > > |___| Bernardo Innocenti - http://www.codewiz.org/ > > \___\ One Laptop Per Child - http://www.laptop.org/ > > > > ___ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > > > > > -- > ~~ Microsoft help desk says: reply hazy, ask again later. ~~ > > ___ > Devel mailing list > Devel@lists.laptop.org > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > -- Walter Bender One Laptop per Child http://laptop.org ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages
"Super Star" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is also spamming the devel, accessibility and aop mailing lists (and probably some to which I do not subscribe) with a bunch of marketing drivel. I recommend termination with "extreme prejudice." Cheers, Brad - Original Message - From: ffm To: Tom Hannen Cc: devel@lists.laptop.org Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 3:37 PM Subject: Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages User blocked, all articles created by user deleted. -ffm On Jan 5, 2008 3:58 PM, Tom Hannen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi, The wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages, made by user Star... Can someone go in and clear them quickly? Tom ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel -- ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel ___ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
