Re: wiki main page fubard

[Sascha Wildner <saw@xxxxxxxxx>]

kevin wrote:

> Not sure if this option could be of use, but maybe: 
> http://www.linux-tutorial.info/. On the right side, there is a login section 
> that has the "Security Code:" picture and box to verify. I have seen more 
> advanced pictures (almost too much so, to the point that it's hard to figure 
> out what character it is), but this is the first one that came to mind.

This is called CAPTCHA test (see http://www.captcha.net). Unfortunately 
there is no such thing for the software driving our Wiki (WikiMedia) 
yet. Also, at least one of the recent spammers (Ogurap) didn't seem to 
be a script for he did a second change shortly after putting in the spam 
(at least it looks like manual intervention):

http://wiki.dragonflybsd.org/index.php?title=DragonFly_Handbook/x-fonts&action=history

I've talked to Todd Willey about Wiki spam and decided that removing it 
manually is probably the easiest solution at the moment (given the low 
frequency in which it occurs).

Then again, I'm thinking about experimenting with automatic changes 
(i.e. a Wiki bot) in the future. Maybe I can come up with some way to 
automatically look for spam patterns. Like, if someone replaces a page 
with something completely different, assume it's spam and auto-revert 
that change.

Sascha

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