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senatorhung
Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:09 am Posts: 3473
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i've redirected in the neighbourhood of 2k spam pages since last week, and the pages keep coming. i don't see the point in continuing to try to keep up manually with what i am assuming is a spam-bot at work. to see the incoming spam: http://galaxylegion.com/wiki/index.php? ... deredirs=1is there any way to IP-block these ? here is the anti-spam section from the wiki FAQ: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:FAQ#Anti-spamif there IS a wikiadmin around, these accounts are spammer accounts from the last week or so that i managed to clean up, up until today: 019shabnormassamronbash193 Arwubnig14 Bgerard28 Brdelprete20 Cojan21 ColletteLashaun829 DavidJohnson-Jones EraByran505 ErnestineRHewitt5 EuniceABennett3 FerdinandPuccio157 Gamandelbaum91 GaraventaGamons628 Gashirilla23 HarryArt HenriksenRex524 HerlindaPaltanavage IsachsenAntolin215 Jalrich44 Jococanougher68 Jorkmaor Jsplinter59 KepleyTolbert769 LambiaseBua LassereHolten430 Loeidt2 MangesAndujar162 MedranoKristopher999 McanallenBurmester454 MccullerKilian186 MegivernFranzone342 Mforrer80 MieshaRosella844 Msanchez66 NewallPrecise670 OkanoSamms311 Omizwicki83 OxnerLykes Petracey99 PeggyJohnson PortenRathert603 Radamian1 RihnMiolen664 RothoveStromyer496 ScarberrySnider909 SchoenfeldChisholm939 SevickJimeno690 SloatGaskins959 Tejoaquin7 TrudeauDarlena911 VelvetMcelhattan776 VreelandKauppi329 WalterRNoack8 WirtanenKral947 Wtande7 there is an extension called Nuke that might work to clean these up: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Nukealso, AutoWikiBrowser for a windows setup: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:AutoWikiBrowserand some more wiki antispam resources: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6748 ... awiki-spamhttp://www.umasswiki.com/wiki/UMassWiki ... _Mediawikihttp://semanticweb.org/wiki/semanticweb ... hting_spamhttp://community.wikia.com/wiki/Help:Spamhttp://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Anti-spam ... ng_up_spam
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Last edited by senatorhung on Wed Nov 21, 2012 2:24 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:14 am |
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KJReed
Joined: Mon Nov 21, 2011 1:08 am Posts: 3142
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can we get a captcha sort of thing?
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:30 am |
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senatorhung
Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:09 am Posts: 3473
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KJReed wrote: can we get a captcha sort of thing? a wikiadmin may be able to clear this up readily via IP-blocking, but QCubed doesn't seem to be lurking around at the moment. i don't think anyone else has sufficient permissions to do any more.
_________________Rank 3950 Litheor Governor 100% DCR r385-r2200 GL Marauder #26 _____________ PvP leaderboards: 70212 raids: #1; 40852 kills: #1; 96377 hacks: #3;
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:27 am |
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Maude
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:23 pm Posts: 113
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I will alert Dan.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:59 am |
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Maude
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:23 pm Posts: 113
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It will be handled. Thanks for the alert.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:25 am |
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The Id10t Virus
Joined: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:01 pm Posts: 309
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I'm always on the wiki, and I make pages all the time but I hate seeing spam come flooding in daily. There is a way to make it so that Admins must approve a page but until Dan activates it and either you or I or some other ACTUAL contributor of the Wiki gets permission to do this and moved to the admin group spam will continue flooding in. I know this because I manage another Wiki for a work in progress game. Every page must get approved by an Admin.
_________________ Pain is only relevant if it hurts, and I make it BURN Virulent Minion, the most vile hostile Virus in the Galaxy
vir·u·lent ˈvir(y)ələnt/ 1. Bitterly hostile. 2. (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:25 am |
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varunjitsingh146
Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:11 am Posts: 5495 Location: Alpha Legion 100
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if the GL team is looking for wiki admins i nominate the Virus and Senatorhung.
_________________ Creator of Alpha Legion 100, The Robot Alliance, Galactic Historian Society, Galactic Entertainment Center, The Guidebook, and Fan-Forums. 2012 Player Of The Year. The Artists' Guild Member.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 4:58 pm |
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Bluecifer
Joined: Sat Dec 25, 2010 11:53 pm Posts: 3756 Location: Aboard my floating fortress of ineptitude
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Maude?
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 5:37 pm |
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webguydan
Joined: Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:49 pm Posts: 2085
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senatorhung wrote: KJReed wrote: can we get a captcha sort of thing? a wikiadmin may be able to clear this up readily via IP-blocking, but QCubed doesn't seem to be lurking around at the moment. i don't think anyone else has sufficient permissions to do any more. What is your wiki account name? I can bump you to admin status.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 6:54 pm |
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Preliator Xzien
Joined: Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:56 pm Posts: 8877 Location: Behind you... Stop looking behind you...
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You're late on that boat, Blue.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:08 pm |
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The Id10t Virus
Joined: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:01 pm Posts: 309
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webguydan wrote: senatorhung wrote: KJReed wrote: can we get a captcha sort of thing? a wikiadmin may be able to clear this up readily via IP-blocking, but QCubed doesn't seem to be lurking around at the moment. i don't think anyone else has sufficient permissions to do any more. What is your wiki account name? I can bump you to admin status. Mine is david r His is Senatorhung
_________________ Pain is only relevant if it hurts, and I make it BURN Virulent Minion, the most vile hostile Virus in the Galaxy
vir·u·lent ˈvir(y)ələnt/ 1. Bitterly hostile. 2. (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 7:27 pm |
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webguydan
Joined: Sat Jan 09, 2010 12:49 pm Posts: 2085
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Status bumped. We'll also check on a few plugin options.
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 10:37 pm |
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senatorhung
Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:09 am Posts: 3473
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webguydan wrote: Status bumped. We'll also check on a few plugin options. thanks Dan, but the wiki is down at the moment ... i will check back in an hour or so ... might be a good idea to make a backup of the current setup in case something breaks ...
_________________Rank 3950 Litheor Governor 100% DCR r385-r2200 GL Marauder #26 _____________ PvP leaderboards: 70212 raids: #1; 40852 kills: #1; 96377 hacks: #3;
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Wed Nov 21, 2012 11:02 pm |
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The Id10t Virus
Joined: Mon Nov 12, 2012 1:01 pm Posts: 309
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senatorhung wrote: webguydan wrote: Status bumped. We'll also check on a few plugin options. thanks Dan, but the wiki is down at the moment ... i will check back in an hour or so ... might be a good idea to make a backup of the current setup in case something breaks ... The wiki is now back online
_________________ Pain is only relevant if it hurts, and I make it BURN Virulent Minion, the most vile hostile Virus in the Galaxy
vir·u·lent ˈvir(y)ələnt/ 1. Bitterly hostile. 2. (of a disease or poison) extremely severe or harmful in its effects.
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Thu Nov 22, 2012 12:02 am |
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Matress_of_evil
Joined: Thu Jun 17, 2010 11:45 am Posts: 778
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What if the first edit/page creation a user makes HAS to be approved by an admin? That should solve a lot of the problems too. Not sure if there would be an option for that. If the first edit/page addition is obviously spam, simply delete the user and IP ban.
_________________"Anyone without a sense of humour is truly at the mercy of the rest of us." My folding@home stats  
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Fri Nov 23, 2012 9:21 am |
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senatorhung
Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:09 am Posts: 3473
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wiki pages as of 21nov2012: ~6700 wiki pages today: 1317
over 5380 pages of spam deleted this week.
so, enjoy the 'clean' GL wiki.
_________________Rank 3950 Litheor Governor 100% DCR r385-r2200 GL Marauder #26 _____________ PvP leaderboards: 70212 raids: #1; 40852 kills: #1; 96377 hacks: #3;
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Wed Nov 28, 2012 2:53 am |
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Maude
Joined: Thu Dec 30, 2010 2:23 pm Posts: 113
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Thank you.
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Fri Nov 30, 2012 3:30 am |
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varunjitsingh146
Joined: Tue Apr 17, 2012 12:11 am Posts: 5495 Location: Alpha Legion 100
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_________________ Creator of Alpha Legion 100, The Robot Alliance, Galactic Historian Society, Galactic Entertainment Center, The Guidebook, and Fan-Forums. 2012 Player Of The Year. The Artists' Guild Member.
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senatorhung
Joined: Sat Oct 15, 2011 5:09 am Posts: 3473
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_________________Rank 3950 Litheor Governor 100% DCR r385-r2200 GL Marauder #26 _____________ PvP leaderboards: 70212 raids: #1; 40852 kills: #1; 96377 hacks: #3;
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Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:08 pm |
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