Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-10 Thread Brad Paulsen
e - 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 PROTECT

Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-06 Thread Walter Bender
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 van

Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-06 Thread Samuel Klein
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 art

Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-06 Thread Rafael Enrique Ortiz Guerrero
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

Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-06 Thread Jeffrey Kesselman
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

Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-06 Thread Bernardo Innocenti
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 accou

Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-05 Thread Iain (OLPC) Davidson
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, n

Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-05 Thread Bernardo Innocenti
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 Chil

Re: wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-05 Thread ffm
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 cle

wiki is being spammed with huge numbers of new pages

2008-01-05 Thread Tom Hannen
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