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-- Ashley On Sat, 2012-07-14 at 20:52 -0700, Mark Lentczner wrote: > We probably need more than just recaptcha (don't use anything else - > they are breakable) - there are real-time forum spammer lists one > needs to consult, and other measures. It may seem draconian, but for > other communities I run on the web, we've given up and have to resort > to manual review of every account request. > > > > - Mark > > > > On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Don Stewart <don...@gmail.com> wrote: > > More admins on the wiki is good, esp. those with experience to > implement anti-spam measures. > > > > Ashley is around , but as usual, we need more help. > > > > On Saturday, July 14, 2012, Gwern Branwen wrote: > > I recently moved, and when I returned to the Internet > a few days > later, I was greeted with several hundred spam pages > in Recent > Changes. The torrent of spam has not let up, and I > estimate that I > have blocked 3-500 accounts and deleted as many pages. > (I blocked > another 5 or so while composing this email.) Certainly > the deletion > and block logs are long enough: > > - > > http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/index.php?title=Special%3ALog&type=delete&user=&page= > - > > http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/index.php?title=Special:Ipblocklist&limit=500 > > I have asked Ashley Yakeley to turn on additional > anti-spam measures, > but he has not been active on the wiki since January > > (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Special:Contributions/Ashley_Y > > http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/index.php?title=Special:Log&user=Ashley_Y), > and has not replied to my talk messages or > accompanying emails. > > I had to do this single-handedly as there are no other > administrators. > This took up a good chunk of today and yesterday, and > the spam is > continuing. I cannot handle it much longer: it's > incredibly tedious > and using up far more time than I have to give it. > Measures need to be > taken: > > 1. Email confirmation needs to be checked that Ashley > did in fact > enable it. I suspect he did not, since I also > administrate the > LessWrong wiki - which I know for certain has email > confirmation is > enabled - is being attacked by the same spammers > (similar or identical > templates & spam) but at a much reduced scale. > 2. Additional administrators must be created. I > suggest: > > - dons > - Magnus Therning > - Neil Mitchell > - byorgey > - Henk-Jan van Tuyl > > I am sure there are others who can be trusted. > 3. Additional bureaucrats should be created. I suggest > myself. > 4. ReCAPTCHA enabled for 'edits adding new, > unrecognized external > links' - which is all of the spam. Further reading: > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam & > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Anti-spam_features > 5. if Ashley is inactive, his account may be a > security risk. The > English Wikipedia now removes administrator bits after > a year of > inactivity; we should consider a similar policy. > > None of these can be taken by myself, as I am neither > a sysadmin on > Haskell.org nor a bureaucrat on the wiki. > > If none of these steps are taken and spam continues to > remain a > problem in 2 months (15 September 2012), I will cease > patrolling > Recent Changes. I no longer have the time or patience. > > -- > gwern > http://www.gwern.net > > > > _______________________________________________ > Haskell mailing list > Haskell@haskell.org > http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell > > >
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