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solypsis 1263591847|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
are ads now automatic on this site? and is it absolutely necessary that they look just like regular links to other pages so as to confuse visitors?
something about the "cleverness" of this new ad link leaves me fucking apoplectic.
how do we fix — NOW?
Mixomatosis 1263592754|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Just checked the page history… Looks like it was someone called John Lemmons who added it. I've deleted it now, but we should keep an eye on this individual:
http://www.wikidot.com/user:info/john-lemmons
Interesting to note this guy is a member of the Digital Vomit wiki.
iivix 1263651532|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
No, we shouldn't have any ads at all, I've paid for the ad free version. This is a spammer (a boring and rather inefficient one at that), and I've already removed him as a user of the site.
It's fairly pointless trying to vandalise this wiki because it's so easy to roll back changes and remove/ban users. That said, if anyone notices abuses like this getting worse, let me know and I or another admin can lock down the sign up page to only allow people in with the secret password.
Thee Crumb 1263733059|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I've just removed the f**king research papers thing again - this time posted by somebody called Mark Diggit.
That said, if anyone notices abuses like this getting worse, let me know and I or another admin can lock down the sign up page to only allow people in with the secret password.
While it would be a shame to have to do this I think you may have to if this sort of crap continues…
hardoff 1263734163|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
they are probably not real people. i'd say they are generated by spamming software. happens all the time on the net
junkshop coyote 1263748587|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
How ironic that they found us before Proteus.
junkshop coyote, 1263748587|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
iivix 1263772587|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I'm not convinced it's software, because you have to actually read the page to get the password.
But anyway guys, keep an eye on the situation, if it looks like it's recurring problem we'll lock down membership a little (I think just moving the password behind a link or two should foil standard spamming software).
hardoff 1263805373|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
if it is a bot, then 'john lemmons' is kind of funny.
Keith Hic 1263835482|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
another spa, frm them. but i've redirected the link - to see if it stops any bots re-adding it - or if they check it's there with out checking the target.
worth a try
Hooray 1263838829|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
If this works we should do a compilation called Research Papers :)
Alien_Hand 1263839007|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Laugh.
Thee Crumb 1264776242|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
another spa, frm them. but i've redirected the link - to see if it stops any bots re-adding it - or if they check it's there with out checking the target.
Well, it lasted a little while - I've just removed the whole bloody thing now. Maybe we should start spamming them…
iivix 1264776492|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
More info here: http://community.wikidot.com/forum/t-211987/spam-ip-block
It looks like it's definitely a person, and quite a lame one at that.
Maybe he'll read this:
DON'T BOTHER SPAMMING US FOOL, YOUR EDITS LAST ONLY MINUTES AND THEN YOU'RE BANNED AGAIN! IT'S A WASTE OF TIME!
If it happens again I'll lock the site up for a while, but I'd rather not do that given the choice.
iivix 1264855371|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Right, I see he tried again, the edits lasted minutes (as promised, thanks to Thee Crumb), but I'm getting a bit sick of it, so I've locked the site up. Basically I've changed the password, and anyone who wants it has to email me. I can then check whether they're a spammer or not, and give out the password accordingly.
Hopefully this guy will get bored and move on (he really should, he's like the least effective spammer I've ever seen) and I'll open the gates up again.
In the meantime, BYE BYE FUCKWIT, find another part of the web to pollute with your crap :P
Thee Crumb 1264861535|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I've changed the password, and anyone who wants it has to email me. I can then check whether they're a spammer or not, and give out the password accordingly.
It's a bit of a pain in the arse having to do something like that just because of a lone spammer - but I suppose it would've had to have happened sooner or later anyway. Even though we pride ourselves on being some kind of open collective where anybody can join or contribute, we're leaving ourselves wide open to attacks like this. I don't want to see this site clogged with spam for handbags and the like, as has happened elsewhere.
