Обсуждение: Wiki spam
We have ourself a spammer, inserting links to their auto-parts store into random high-level articles on the Wiki yesterday: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Masini Those are all reverted, and I picked the standard options to block the user account forever as well. That includes blocking any IP addresses they now try to edit from as well, to make it more difficult to just start over with another account from the same location at least once they realize they've been caught. That means this list is now not empty: http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Special:Ipblocklist and any future addresses they try to edit from will end up on an IP block list there. That theoretically that could turn into an unfair block for someone else at that same location one day; hopefully we won't see enough of these for it to be a problem. Last week was the Wiki's second anniversary. Pretty long time to make it without accumulating any blocked users. -- Greg Smith 2ndQuadrant US Baltimore, MD PostgreSQL Training, Services and Support greg@2ndQuadrant.com www.2ndQuadrant.us
On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > We have ourself a spammer, inserting links to their auto-parts store into > random high-level articles on the Wiki yesterday: > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Masini > > Those are all reverted, and I picked the standard options to block the user > account forever as well. That includes blocking any IP addresses they now > try to edit from as well, to make it more difficult to just start over with > another account from the same location at least once they realize they've > been caught. Thanks Greg. > That means this list is now not empty: > http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Special:Ipblocklist and any future addresses > they try to edit from will end up on an IP block list there. That > theoretically that could turn into an unfair block for someone else at that > same location one day; hopefully we won't see enough of these for it to be a > problem. > > Last week was the Wiki's second anniversary. Pretty long time to make it > without accumulating any blocked users. Not bad really. Certainly far better than I ever expected (this was precisely the reason I always used to object to having a wiki - glad to be proven wrong, or at least delayed in this case :-) ). -- Dave Page EnterpriseDB UK: http://www.enterprisedb.com PG East Conference: http://www.enterprisedb.com/community/nav-pg-east-2010.do
Dave Page wrote: > On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Greg Smith <greg@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: >> We have ourself a spammer, inserting links to their auto-parts store into >> random high-level articles on the Wiki yesterday: >> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Masini >> >> Those are all reverted, and I picked the standard options to block the user >> account forever as well. That includes blocking any IP addresses they now >> try to edit from as well, to make it more difficult to just start over with >> another account from the same location at least once they realize they've >> been caught. > > Thanks Greg. indeed! > >> That means this list is now not empty: >> http://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Special:Ipblocklist and any future addresses >> they try to edit from will end up on an IP block list there. That >> theoretically that could turn into an unfair block for someone else at that >> same location one day; hopefully we won't see enough of these for it to be a >> problem. >> >> Last week was the Wiki's second anniversary. Pretty long time to make it >> without accumulating any blocked users. > > Not bad really. Certainly far better than I ever expected (this was > precisely the reason I always used to object to having a wiki - glad > to be proven wrong, or at least delayed in this case :-) ). Well i think they main reason is that we have a custom authentication interface that non of the off-the-mill mediawiki spammer scripts is aware off... Stefan