The OBO folks (e.g. http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Main_Page) squashed the spam problem by requiring people to log in with openid.
Chris Maloney NIH/NLM/NCBI (Contractor) Building 45, 5AN.24D-22 301-594-2842 > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Mills [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:30 PM > To: Mike Linksvayer > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [cc-devel] Spamlinks on the CC wiki > > Hey guys, > > Yeah, the spam situation is unfortunate. If a few of us can monitor & > approve new accounts I think we could make the confirmation extension > approach work. What do you all think? > > I'm in the middle of figuring out a big migration over to AWS, I will see > about sneaking this change in sooner rather than later. > > Dan > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 10:43 AM, Mike Linksvayer > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, I've no idea about HQ chores, but to be clear... > > > > The ConfirmAccounts extension requires someone with access to the host > > the wiki is running on to install it. I've only installed on one wiki, > > but don't recall it being difficult. > > > > The extension places an onerous "confirmation" step prior to getting > > an account. I like this better than ones forcing eg a captcha for each > > edit, which is annoying, and still leaves RecentChanges filled up with > > spam account creations. > > > > An email notification is sent (configurable, probably to whoever gets > > webmaster@cc these days) when an account is requested. > > > > Any admin can review and approve pending new accounts at > > Special:ConfirmAccounts. Even if nobody reads the email notifications, > > trusted people not working directly for CC can monitor ... there are > > some inactive people in > > > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?title=Special%3AListUsers&us > > ername=&group=sysop&limit=50 but historically anyone trusted (eg an > > affiliate or with a long history in other wikis) and wanting to help > > was made an admin. > > > > Mike > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2013 at 5:14 AM, BjornW <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> If I understand correctly there is no one at the moment from HQ who > >> has time to pick these chores up? That's a shame, cause these > >> spamlinks can't be good for CC.org pagerank. What can we do to > >> install the tool mentioned by Mike? Btw in my own experience asking > >> for confirmation will drastically reduce the amount of spam... > >> > >> grtz > >> BjornW > >> > >> On 11-11-13 19:18, Maarten Zeinstra wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> That can only work when HQ wants to/can allocate resources to check > >>> this, but otherwise I would agree that that would be the best option. > >>> > >>> Or do away with the Wiki altogether and use a different platform > >>> communicate to our audiences. I only see 20 useful edits per > >>> day: > >>> > http://wiki.creativecommons.org/index.php?namespace=0&title=Special% > >>> 3ARecentChanges en about 50 accounts created on that same day. > >>> > >>> It really depends on what the underlying idea is of using a wiki. > >>> That's the true issue that HQ needs to discuss, either internally of > >>> with the community. > >>> > >>> > >>> 2013/11/11 Mike Linksvayer <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> > >>> > >>> I somewhat sadly recommend installing > >>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount > >>> > >>> Mike > >>> > >>> On Mon, Nov 11, 2013 at 3:50 AM, Maarten Zeinstra <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > I had a long discussion about the spam on the wiki about with > >>> Nathan Kinkade about a year ago. There are several methods in > >>> place to try and stop spammers. The ones that get through are > >>> either placed by humans or using accounts that are created by > >>> humans. It takes human effort to block them as it is, something > >>> that CC-HQ had no personnel for at the time. > >>> > > >>> > I tried to help a bit, but it was tedious and not very useful. I > >>> did remove all the nudity I could find in the mediastore of wiki > >>> last year though. That is a task with things that cannot be unseen.. > >>> > > >>> > Best, > >>> > > >>> > Maarten > >>> > > >>> > -- > >>> > Kennisland | www.kennisland.nl <http://www.kennisland.nl> | t > >>> +31205756720 <tel:%2B31205756720> | m +31643053919 > >>> <tel:%2B31643053919> | @mzeinstra > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> > On 11 Nov 2013, at 12:36 , BjornW <[email protected] > >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >>> > > >>> >> Hi, > >>> >> > >>> >> I just noticed some spam links on the CC wiki. See > >>> >> http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Web_Services in the paragraph > >>> >> 'Documentation' there are words like 'sepatu' linking to an url > >>> I won't > >>> >> repeat here. > >>> >> > >>> >> Not sure if this is the only page, but perhaps someone of CC HQ > >>> could > >>> >> run some sort of spam link checker over the wiki? > >>> >> > >>> >> grtz > >>> >> BjornW > >>> >> -- > >>> >> > >>> >> met vriendelijke groet, > >>> >> Bjorn Wijers > >>> >> > >>> >> * b u r o b j o r n .nl * > >>> >> digitaal vakmanschap | digital craftsmanship > >>> >> > >>> >> Werkdagen: > >>> >> Van maandag t/m donderdag vanaf 10:00 > >>> >> Vrijdag is voor experimenteren en eigen projecten. > >>> >> > >>> >> Postbus 14145 > >>> >> 3508 SE Utrecht > >>> >> The Netherlands > >>> >> > >>> >> tel: +31 6 49 74 78 70 <tel:%2B31%206%2049%2074%2078%2070> > >>> >> http://www.burobjorn.nl > >>> >> _______________________________________________ > >>> >> cc-devel mailing list > >>> >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> >> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel > >>> > > >>> > _______________________________________________ > >>> > cc-devel mailing list > >>> > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > >>> > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> > >> met vriendelijke groet, > >> Bjorn Wijers > >> > >> * b u r o b j o r n .nl * > >> digitaal vakmanschap | digital craftsmanship > >> > >> Werkdagen: > >> Van maandag t/m donderdag vanaf 10:00 Vrijdag is voor experimenteren > >> en eigen projecten. > >> > >> Postbus 14145 > >> 3508 SE Utrecht > >> The Netherlands > >> > >> tel: +31 6 49 74 78 70 > >> http://www.burobjorn.nl > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > cc-devel mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel > _______________________________________________ > cc-devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel _______________________________________________ cc-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/cc-devel
