Wiki Vandalism

Hans-Martin Mosner hmm at heeg.de
Thu Jan 20 14:39:29 UTC 2005


John Pierce wrote:

>On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 09:29:09 +0100, Hans-Martin Mosner <hmm at heeg.de> wrote:
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>>Would it be possible to change the software such that an edit with more than about 5
>>new external links is refused, and the client doing the edit gets entered into a blacklist?
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>Of course, this doesn't prevent all vandalism, so if the wiki *does*
>get vandalized, I sure won't be found fixing the wiki by copying the
>last known good page to my clipboard and fixing the vandalized page,
>for fear that I might be blacklisted!  ;-)
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You're right, my approach was a little short-sighted.
Still I think it should be possible to block those spammers with 
relatively simple means.

Cheers,
Hans-Martin




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