Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-25 Thread Stevie Benton
For context, we've had 1,318 spam comments since Friday that WordPress has directed straight to the spam folder... Stevie On 25 March 2013 10:16, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.ukwrote: Thanks for that Rexx. I'd figured it out but that's useful as a reminder. All I have to do now

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-22 Thread Stevie Benton
Hi Andy, Thank you for your email. I've just taken a look at the blog now and there aren't any comments in the moderation queue. I'm not sure where the comment you've been advised of is, but perhaps there was an error in posting? Usually when a comment is added to a blog post the moderators

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-22 Thread Jon Davies
Stevie is your man - I will bring this to his attention. On 21 March 2013 23:44, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: How many people are empowered to moderate comments on the Chapter's blog? I was told this morning of a second comment on

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
Thanks - I'll inform the purported commenter. Meanwhile, perhaps it's in the spam folder? On Mar 22, 2013 9:07 AM, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi Andy, Thank you for your email. I've just taken a look at the blog now and there aren't any comments in the moderation

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-22 Thread Stevie Benton
I've been through 15 pages of spam comments which took me to about 6.30pm yesterday. Unless the comment was about cheap viagra, teeth whitening, cheap Nike shoes and Prada bags, it isn't there I'm afraid. Thanks, Stevie On 22 March 2013 10:54, Andy Mabbett pigsotw...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks -

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-22 Thread Stevie Benton
Hi Andy, Martin Poulter just mentioned this to me as well and advised the comment was from him. I was then able to search for his name and found it in the spam comments. All I can do is apologise for that but we get so much spam that unless we know what we're looking for it's impossible to find.

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-22 Thread Andy Mabbett
Thank you. On 22 March 2013 17:31, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi Andy, Martin Poulter just mentioned this to me as well and advised the comment was from him. I was then able to search for his name and found it in the spam comments. All I can do is apologise for that

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-22 Thread rexx
See if this helps, Stevie: http://knowit.co.nz/2010/03/remember-to-check-and-empty-your-wordpress-spam -- Rexx On 22 March 2013 18:45, Andy Mabbett a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk wrote: Thank you. On 22 March 2013 17:31, Stevie Benton stevie.ben...@wikimedia.org.uk wrote: Hi Andy,

[Wikimediauk-l] Blog comment moderation

2013-03-21 Thread Andy Mabbett
How many people are empowered to moderate comments on the Chapter's blog? I was told this morning of a second comment on http://blog.wikimedia.org.uk/2013/03/researchers-are-you-wikipedia-compatible/; it still has't been published. I appreciate that the office staff are busy, and perhaps one or