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Eriksiers: /* Anti-spam thoughts */ new section

2012-04-07T09:26:22Z

Anti-spam thoughts: new section

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	Can I suggest that new user accounts are disabled until an automated method for dealing spammers and spam pages is implemented.		Can I suggest that new user accounts are disabled until an automated method for dealing spammers and spam pages is implemented.
	Marking users and pages as spam is not a conductive way to contribute. We could actually be creating and modifying wiki pages.		Marking users and pages as spam is not a conductive way to contribute. We could actually be creating and modifying wiki pages.
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		+	== Anti-spam thoughts ==
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		+	It may be worth your while to talk to [http://rosettacode.org/wiki/User:Short_Circuit Mike Mol], founder/curator/etc. of Rosetta Code, about the steps he's taken to deal with spammers there. (Admittedly, it's a fairly high-traffic site with a very active user base that watches for such things.)
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		+	Notably, one thing that was recently enacted was the requirement that '''every single new account''' must be verified via email. (See [http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Rosetta_Code:Email_Confirmation this page] for details.) That single requirement has dropped spam to zero.
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		+	Just my $.02. -- [[User:Eriksiers\|Erik Siers]] 05:26, 7 April 2012 (EDT)

49.183.160.204: /* Disable new accounts */ new section

2012-03-18T09:34:52Z

Disable new accounts: new section

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	So you just load a heap of images of erfworld characters, particularly Wanda, and ask people to select the picture of Wanda. Should stop even the human opperators unless they actually know the comic, and its simple enough to switch to a different erfworld character like Ansom if they start to figure it out. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:KittenAuth --[[User:Charles\|Charles]] 01:52, 8 May 2011 (UTC)		So you just load a heap of images of erfworld characters, particularly Wanda, and ask people to select the picture of Wanda. Should stop even the human opperators unless they actually know the comic, and its simple enough to switch to a different erfworld character like Ansom if they start to figure it out. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:KittenAuth --[[User:Charles\|Charles]] 01:52, 8 May 2011 (UTC)
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		+	== Disable new accounts ==
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		+	Can I suggest that new user accounts are disabled until an automated method for dealing spammers and spam pages is implemented.
		+	Marking users and pages as spam is not a conductive way to contribute. We could actually be creating and modifying wiki pages.

Charles: ANTI-SPAM WITH KITTENAUTH (simply customise the images to ERFWORLD specific ones)

2011-05-08T01:52:00Z

ANTI-SPAM WITH KITTENAUTH (simply customise the images to ERFWORLD specific ones)

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	Ok... the latest spam that went up when I posted the message above has convinced me that this isn't really an advertising spam run, but a botnet building run. [[Special:Contributions/Fifcor\|Contribution]] of bot Fifcor? A "free 2008/2009 calender". The links all head towards similar destinations. If I were you I'd advise people not to click any of the links they post, and maybe consider contacting an internet security company. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 11:33, 7 May 2011 (UTC)		Ok... the latest spam that went up when I posted the message above has convinced me that this isn't really an advertising spam run, but a botnet building run. [[Special:Contributions/Fifcor\|Contribution]] of bot Fifcor? A "free 2008/2009 calender". The links all head towards similar destinations. If I were you I'd advise people not to click any of the links they post, and maybe consider contacting an internet security company. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 11:33, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
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		+	===KittenAuth===
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		+	I've got it! Use Kitten Auth. Normally it shows a bunch of pictures of different animals and asks you to select which one is the kitten, but you can customise it.
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		+	So you just load a heap of images of erfworld characters, particularly Wanda, and ask people to select the picture of Wanda. Should stop even the human opperators unless they actually know the comic, and its simple enough to switch to a different erfworld character like Ansom if they start to figure it out. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:KittenAuth --[[User:Charles\|Charles]] 01:52, 8 May 2011 (UTC)

Pickled Tink: /* SPAMMERS */

2011-05-07T11:33:35Z

SPAMMERS

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	:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)		:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
	:Also, I have to say it is a bit irritating spotting the obvious spam accounts on creation and being able to do nothing about them except wait for them to make their spam page, then wipe it and mark it for deletion. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 01:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)		:Also, I have to say it is a bit irritating spotting the obvious spam accounts on creation and being able to do nothing about them except wait for them to make their spam page, then wipe it and mark it for deletion. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 01:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
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		+	Ok... the latest spam that went up when I posted the message above has convinced me that this isn't really an advertising spam run, but a botnet building run. [[Special:Contributions/Fifcor\|Contribution]] of bot Fifcor? A "free 2008/2009 calender". The links all head towards similar destinations. If I were you I'd advise people not to click any of the links they post, and maybe consider contacting an internet security company. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 11:33, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Pickled Tink: /* SPAMMERS */

2011-05-07T01:01:43Z

SPAMMERS

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	:It's proven ineffective. [[user:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/UDWiki_talk:Administration/Vandal_Banning/Bots#Extensions looking into extensions] ourselves. I suggest having a look at [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist Extension:TitleBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit Extension:ConfirmEdit], and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots Extension:Check Spambots], as well as possible uses of the AutoConfirmed Users feature. Cheers, and good luck with it! (Also, if you need any hand with anything here, feel free to contact either of us.) —[[User:Revenant\|Revenant]]<sup>[[User talk:Revenant\|Talk]]</sup> 08:20, 6 May 2011 (UTC)		:It's proven ineffective. [[user:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/UDWiki_talk:Administration/Vandal_Banning/Bots#Extensions looking into extensions] ourselves. I suggest having a look at [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist Extension:TitleBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit Extension:ConfirmEdit], and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots Extension:Check Spambots], as well as possible uses of the AutoConfirmed Users feature. Cheers, and good luck with it! (Also, if you need any hand with anything here, feel free to contact either of us.) —[[User:Revenant\|Revenant]]<sup>[[User talk:Revenant\|Talk]]</sup> 08:20, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
	:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)		:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
		+	:Also, I have to say it is a bit irritating spotting the obvious spam accounts on creation and being able to do nothing about them except wait for them to make their spam page, then wipe it and mark it for deletion. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 01:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

Pickled Tink: /* SPAMMERS */

2011-05-06T09:12:26Z

SPAMMERS

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	Harknell Note: I've enabled the SimpleCaptcha extension. It's the most basic one just to see what impact this might have on things. If it proves ineffective we can move to a higher level one.		Harknell Note: I've enabled the SimpleCaptcha extension. It's the most basic one just to see what impact this might have on things. If it proves ineffective we can move to a higher level one.
	:It's proven ineffective. [[user:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/UDWiki_talk:Administration/Vandal_Banning/Bots#Extensions looking into extensions] ourselves. I suggest having a look at [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist Extension:TitleBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit Extension:ConfirmEdit], and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots Extension:Check Spambots], as well as possible uses of the AutoConfirmed Users feature. Cheers, and good luck with it! (Also, if you need any hand with anything here, feel free to contact either of us.) —[[User:Revenant\|Revenant]]<sup>[[User talk:Revenant\|Talk]]</sup> 08:20, 6 May 2011 (UTC)		:It's proven ineffective. [[user:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/UDWiki_talk:Administration/Vandal_Banning/Bots#Extensions looking into extensions] ourselves. I suggest having a look at [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist Extension:TitleBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit Extension:ConfirmEdit], and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots Extension:Check Spambots], as well as possible uses of the AutoConfirmed Users feature. Cheers, and good luck with it! (Also, if you need any hand with anything here, feel free to contact either of us.) —[[User:Revenant\|Revenant]]<sup>[[User talk:Revenant\|Talk]]</sup> 08:20, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
		+	:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Revenant: /* SPAMMERS */ It's proven ineffective. Pickled Tink alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been looking into extensions ourselves…

2011-05-06T08:20:30Z

SPAMMERS: It's proven ineffective. Pickled Tink alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been looking into extensions ourselves…

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	Harknell Note: I've enabled the SimpleCaptcha extension. It's the most basic one just to see what impact this might have on things. If it proves ineffective we can move to a higher level one.		Harknell Note: I've enabled the SimpleCaptcha extension. It's the most basic one just to see what impact this might have on things. If it proves ineffective we can move to a higher level one.
		+	:It's proven ineffective. [[user:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/UDWiki_talk:Administration/Vandal_Banning/Bots#Extensions looking into extensions] ourselves. I suggest having a look at [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist Extension:TitleBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit Extension:ConfirmEdit], and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots Extension:Check Spambots], as well as possible uses of the AutoConfirmed Users feature. Cheers, and good luck with it! (Also, if you need any hand with anything here, feel free to contact either of us.) —[[User:Revenant\|Revenant]]<sup>[[User talk:Revenant\|Talk]]</sup> 08:20, 6 May 2011 (UTC)

Harknell: /* SPAMMERS */

2011-02-10T17:15:16Z

SPAMMERS

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	We're getting minced alive by the bots. They're relentless. Please see about installing or setting up some extra anti-spam measures. Cheers mate --[[User:Charles\|Charles]] 10:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)		We're getting minced alive by the bots. They're relentless. Please see about installing or setting up some extra anti-spam measures. Cheers mate --[[User:Charles\|Charles]] 10:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

-	I've enabled the SimpleCaptcha extension. It's the most basic one just to see what impact this might have on things. If it proves ineffective we can move to a higher level one.	+	Harknell Note: I've enabled the SimpleCaptcha extension. It's the most basic one just to see what impact this might have on things. If it proves ineffective we can move to a higher level one.

Harknell at 17:14, 10 February 2011

2011-02-10T17:14:59Z

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	We're getting minced alive by the bots. They're relentless. Please see about installing or setting up some extra anti-spam measures. Cheers mate --[[User:Charles\|Charles]] 10:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)		We're getting minced alive by the bots. They're relentless. Please see about installing or setting up some extra anti-spam measures. Cheers mate --[[User:Charles\|Charles]] 10:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)
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		+	I've enabled the SimpleCaptcha extension. It's the most basic one just to see what impact this might have on things. If it proves ineffective we can move to a higher level one.

Charles at 10:28, 27 January 2011

2011-01-27T10:28:44Z

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	I'll go ahead and send this off to [[User_Talk:Balder\|Balder]] too.		I'll go ahead and send this off to [[User_Talk:Balder\|Balder]] too.
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		+	We're getting minced alive by the bots. They're relentless. Please see about installing or setting up some extra anti-spam measures. Cheers mate --[[User:Charles\|Charles]] 10:28, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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	:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)		:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
	:Also, I have to say it is a bit irritating spotting the obvious spam accounts on creation and being able to do nothing about them except wait for them to make their spam page, then wipe it and mark it for deletion. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 01:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)		:Also, I have to say it is a bit irritating spotting the obvious spam accounts on creation and being able to do nothing about them except wait for them to make their spam page, then wipe it and mark it for deletion. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 01:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)
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		+	Ok... the latest spam that went up when I posted the message above has convinced me that this isn't really an advertising spam run, but a botnet building run. [[Special:Contributions/Fifcor\|Contribution]] of bot Fifcor? A "free 2008/2009 calender". The links all head towards similar destinations. If I were you I'd advise people not to click any of the links they post, and maybe consider contacting an internet security company. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 11:33, 7 May 2011 (UTC)

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	:It's proven ineffective. [[user:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/UDWiki_talk:Administration/Vandal_Banning/Bots#Extensions looking into extensions] ourselves. I suggest having a look at [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist Extension:TitleBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit Extension:ConfirmEdit], and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots Extension:Check Spambots], as well as possible uses of the AutoConfirmed Users feature. Cheers, and good luck with it! (Also, if you need any hand with anything here, feel free to contact either of us.) —[[User:Revenant\|Revenant]]<sup>[[User talk:Revenant\|Talk]]</sup> 08:20, 6 May 2011 (UTC)		:It's proven ineffective. [[user:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] alerted me to a spam outbreak here; I'm a sysop on another wiki, and we've recently been [http://wiki.urbandead.com/index.php/UDWiki_talk:Administration/Vandal_Banning/Bots#Extensions looking into extensions] ourselves. I suggest having a look at [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist Extension:SpamBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:TitleBlacklist Extension:TitleBlacklist], [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit Extension:ConfirmEdit], and [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Check_Spambots Extension:Check Spambots], as well as possible uses of the AutoConfirmed Users feature. Cheers, and good luck with it! (Also, if you need any hand with anything here, feel free to contact either of us.) —[[User:Revenant\|Revenant]]<sup>[[User talk:Revenant\|Talk]]</sup> 08:20, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
	:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)		:Something that simple is unlikely to stop a bot. I'm just lurking on recent changes at the moment smacking spam down as i see it. I have got to have something to do while waiting for my toes to freeze, and there are worse ways to spend an evening. It is so sad, actually, the quality of vandal you have. I am so tempted to create a "How to vandalise this wiki" page to help them out. As it stands, it is really kind of pathetic. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 09:12, 6 May 2011 (UTC)
		+	:Also, I have to say it is a bit irritating spotting the obvious spam accounts on creation and being able to do nothing about them except wait for them to make their spam page, then wipe it and mark it for deletion. --[[User:Pickled Tink\|Pickled Tink]] 01:01, 7 May 2011 (UTC)