Can we do a simple e-mail confirmation (when you sign in, an e-mail is sent that you must reply to in order to confirm) or one of those "enter the letters in the box" thingies? Can you tell I know even LESS about this? :) Dave -- Egad - I'm blogging!! http://tooold2bcool.diaryland.com ---- Brian Campbell <lambda@xxxxxxx> wrote: > I'll get on this ASAP, which means tonight (it'll have to hold > together with people just deleting stuff until then). > > On Oct 24, 2007, at 11:47 AM, David Artman wrote: > > > Ok, that's a bit wild sounding... but there's at least five new > > (probably) spambot accounts on the Rabbit wiki, and they are doing > > their thing (which I bet are preliminary tests) of adding a > > nonsense word to the start of random pages. They have also > > successfully created new pages and > > > > The mass deletions are soon to come. > > > > Admins--could you get some kind of ReCaptcha plug-in running? Or > > better still, switch it to Admin approval for new members? We > > aren't Wikipedia; we can manage to gateway the site with minimal > > effort and not render it "unsocial" or "insular." That how the > > Rabbit Roster worked, right? > > > > Please make this urgent! It's the start of a wave, I guarantee it-- > > they've discovered that we're unsecured and will soon launch their > > ring tone spam (or childish mass-deletions--doncha just LOVE > > humans, sometimes?). > > > > I have made a [[Category:Vandal]] to tag the new user pages, to > > help quickly sort them out for deletion (if I were an Admin, I' d > > be deleting them instead...). LOCK DOWN THE WIKI! > > > > Thank you; > > David > > _______________________________________________ > > Rabbits mailing list > > Rabbits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/rabbits > > _______________________________________________ > Rabbits mailing list > Rabbits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/rabbits