Re: [OSM-talk] How to report spam/abuse on the wiki?
On 23/03/2015, Bryce Nesbitt bry...@obviously.com wrote: More generally, is there a way to write a message a wiki admin may see, in the case where the matter may be more subtle than a simple spam delete? Add an entry to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam Reaction time varies, but some admins do keep an eye on this page. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] How to report spam/abuse on the wiki?
On Mon, Mar 30, 2015 at 5:44 AM, moltonel 3x Combo molto...@gmail.com wrote: Add an entry to http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Spam Reaction time varies, but some admins do keep an eye on this page. Who can edit the footer (potentially to put spam reporting instructions in the usual place on the page)? Beyond that, It looks like the wiki is getting a dozen or more spam registrations *per day*. The captchca is apparently no longer sufficient... the spammer's bots know how to work mediawiki. ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
Re: [OSM-talk] How to report spam/abuse on the wiki?
On Sun, Mar 22, 2015 at 11:51 PM, Frederik Ramm frede...@remote.org wrote:
Hi,
On 03/23/2015 06:20 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
I noted a spam post to the wiki ( User:BrookMcIlvain ).
How do I report that?
Well the standard procedure would be replacing the page content with
{{Delete|Spam}}. That takes care of the spam, and then a Wiki admin
might or might not look at deletion requests from time to time and
actually remove the page.
In this particular case it was a user profile, so I could not add
{{Delete|Spam}}
More generally, is there a way to write a message a wiki admin may see, in the
case where the matter may be more subtle than a simple spam delete?
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Re: [OSM-talk] How to report spam/abuse on the wiki?
Hi,
On 03/23/2015 06:20 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
I noted a spam post to the wiki ( User:BrookMcIlvain ).
How do I report that?
Well the standard procedure would be replacing the page content with
{{Delete|Spam}}. That takes care of the spam, and then a Wiki admin
might or might not look at deletion requests from time to time and
actually remove the page.
(There's quite a few pending deletion requests
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Labelled_for_deletion so I
guess Wiki admins are either understaffed or don't think this is very
important.)
Bye
Frederik
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Re: [OSM-talk] How to report spam/abuse on the wiki?
On Mo, Mär 23, 2015 at 07:51:13 +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote:
On 03/23/2015 06:20 AM, Bryce Nesbitt wrote:
I noted a spam post to the wiki ( User:BrookMcIlvain ).
How do I report that?
Well the standard procedure would be replacing the page content with
{{Delete|Spam}}. That takes care of the spam, and then a Wiki admin
might or might not look at deletion requests from time to time and
actually remove the page.
(There's quite a few pending deletion requests
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Category:Labelled_for_deletion so I
guess Wiki admins are either understaffed or don't think this is very
important.)
I recently used the {{Delete}} template on a few pages and the next day they
were gone. So somebody is working on that. I suspect some cases are easy and
are handled quickly, others need some investigation or maybe links to those
pages need to be removed first, and so they need some more time. But spam
should be obvious and quickly dealt with.
Jochen
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[OSM-talk] How to report spam/abuse on the wiki?
I noted a spam post to the wiki ( User:BrookMcIlvain ). How do I report that? I found a list of admins, but no real way to figure which one handles spam: http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/System_Administrators -- I'm happy to add good clear instructions to the wiki... as soon as I learn what they are ;-) ___ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
