"Anthony J. Bentley" <[email protected]> writes: > Francis Tyers writes: >> Hello all, >> >> I'd like to get some feedback on introducing a system of requesting >> accounts on the Apertium Wiki. At the moment, in order to get an account >> and edit pages, a user must: >> >> * fill out the registration form >> * write a Captcha >> * respond to an automated email. >> >> Even with the Captcha and automated email, we still get around 5-10 spam >> pages a day, and 10-20 spam accounts. Aside from having to delete these >> pages and block the users, this also fills up the RecentChanges. >> >> There is an extension[1] for MediaWiki which requires every account to >> be approved before being created. This is against the principles of >> Wiki, but would reduce work for the Wiki admins who are deleting the >> pages (at the moment mostly me, Unhammer and Bernard). >> >> What do people think ? > > I have had success using databases like StopForumSpam to check new > registrations and users making their first edit. This largely stopped botspam > in its tracks on message boards I have run in the past (dramatic difference > between dozens of posts to clean up daily versus one or two weekly).
stopforumspam.com seems to be down, but https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam#IP_address_blacklists has some interesting alternatives, e.g. DNSBL "requires no maintenance but slightly increases edit latency". -- Kevin Brubeck Unhammer GPG: 0x766AC60C ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ How ServiceNow helps IT people transform IT departments: 1. A cloud service to automate IT design, transition and operations 2. Dashboards that offer high-level views of enterprise services 3. A single system of record for all IT processes http://p.sf.net/sfu/servicenow-d2d-j _______________________________________________ Apertium-stuff mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/apertium-stuff
