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Re: [Rabbits] Wiki Under Spambot Assault!

  • From<dbmarron@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • DateWed, 24 Oct 2007 10:45:00 -0700
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
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---- 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
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