Wiki Spamming
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Wiki Spamming
In the absence (well sort of) of Howard, then I have been told to alert "other authorities."
Thanks.
05/02/2011 Spamming deleted by Stewart.
Thanks.
05/02/2011 Spamming deleted by Stewart.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
http://wiki.apterous.org/Anyone_n_cincy ... e_info_thx
SPAM ALERT!!!!
Edit - I've blanked the page.
(Block log); 12:39 . . Reams (Talk | contribs) blocked LizaSheffield (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled) (Spamming links to external sites)
Thanks Charlie.
(Deletion log); 13:24 . . Nebagram (Talk | contribs) deleted "Anyone n cincy no a HVAC person Dm me info thx" (Pointless page).
Thanks Ben.
SPAM ALERT!!!!
Edit - I've blanked the page.
(Block log); 12:39 . . Reams (Talk | contribs) blocked LizaSheffield (Talk | contribs) with an expiry time of infinite (account creation disabled) (Spamming links to external sites)
Thanks Charlie.
(Deletion log); 13:24 . . Nebagram (Talk | contribs) deleted "Anyone n cincy no a HVAC person Dm me info thx" (Pointless page).
Thanks Ben.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Just go into Recent changes and it says it all.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
ALERT!
All (bar 1) of the edits today are spammified.
All (bar 1) of the edits today are spammified.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Sea of spamming this morning
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Yeah, we need some help. Who we gonna callRhys Benjamin wrote:Sea of spamming this morning
A: Hopefully not Jedward.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
ARRRRRRGH!
(By the way, scrolling down on Recent Changes may be needed.)
(By the way, scrolling down on Recent Changes may be needed.)
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Every time we block a spamming user, a new accont is created. It would be useful to see if the IP addresses are the same.Rhys Benjamin wrote:ARRRRRRGH!
(By the way, scrolling down on Recent Changes may be needed.)
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Re: Wiki Spamming
No, it says, "Account Creation disabled", but I wonder if that worksJoseph Krol wrote:Every time we block a spamming user, a new accont is created. It would be useful to see if the IP addresses are the same.Rhys Benjamin wrote:ARRRRRRGH!
(By the way, scrolling down on Recent Changes may be needed.)
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Might well be that they're using a dynamic IP which would make IP banning difficult. It is frustrating how they seem to manage to get through though. Maybe all new accounts should be approved before they're allowed to contribute, like here on c4c?
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Re: Wiki Spamming
If it's easy to do, this sounds like an excellent idea.Ben Wilson wrote:Maybe all new accounts should be approved before they're allowed to contribute, like here on c4c?
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Today, yesterday and the day before are all untreated (btw the mad is at the spammers, not you)
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Re: Wiki Spamming
I've done This to underline our problems.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
If only one of us could be given the powers to delete such people, rather than wait for others to arrive......Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've done This to underline our problems.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Rather you than me.James Robinson wrote:If only one of us could be given the powers to delete such people, rather than wait for others to arrive......Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've done This to underline our problems.
Jar Jar Binks wrote:Egads! What is mesa saying!
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Does Sysops give one the power to delete an account?
16/10/2007 - Episode 4460
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
Dinos Sfyris 76 - 78 Dorian Lidell
Proof that even idiots can get well and truly mainwheeled.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
SiKai Laddiman wrote:Does Sysops give one the power to delete an account?
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Re: Wiki Spamming
How about a bit of appreciation for the fucking ridiculous amount of work I already put into this place rather than rolling your eyes at things I haven't got around to yet?James Robinson wrote:If only one of us could be given the powers to delete such people, rather than wait for others to arrive......Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've done This to underline our problems.
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Of course, master. I bow down to you for all the other magnificent things you have done for the last 3 and a bit years.Charlie Reams wrote:How about a bit of appreciation for the fucking ridiculous amount of work I already put into this place rather than rolling your eyes at things I haven't got around to yet?James Robinson wrote:If only one of us could be given the powers to delete such people, rather than wait for others to arrive......Rhys Benjamin wrote:I've done This to underline our problems.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
There is another spam barrage today. The ability to delete spammers seems to be as elusive as finding that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Charlie, when you have some spare moments, a nice deleting upgrade would be nice.
Charlie, when you have some spare moments, a nice deleting upgrade would be nice.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
This is out of hand now. We now have swearing in the titles.
Should we have an election for the next admin between Me, James, Kirk, Johnny Canuck, Kai, Joseph Krol and Mike Brown? (Well, there are other non-spammy editors but this is my shortlist)
Should we have an election for the next admin between Me, James, Kirk, Johnny Canuck, Kai, Joseph Krol and Mike Brown? (Well, there are other non-spammy editors but this is my shortlist)
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Re: Wiki Spamming
I've prevented all account creation until I can fix the CAPTCHA. If anyone really needs an account, please PM me and I'll make you one.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
A message for anyone who does have an account on the AptoWiki - this article requires a few edits:
1 - removing 'sissis' from the useful letters guide as this is no longer valid on Apterous,
2 - removing 'senseless' from the Fours (9s) as the same letters are used to make 'senselessnesses' which is included in the 11+s,
3 - removing 'sissiness', 'tenseness', 'denseness', 'represser' and 'redresser' from the Fours (9s) as these can all be pluralised using the same four letters and are included higher up the page.
(Didn't know where else to put it, so thought I'd put it in here. Hope that's ok. )
1 - removing 'sissis' from the useful letters guide as this is no longer valid on Apterous,
2 - removing 'senseless' from the Fours (9s) as the same letters are used to make 'senselessnesses' which is included in the 11+s,
3 - removing 'sissiness', 'tenseness', 'denseness', 'represser' and 'redresser' from the Fours (9s) as these can all be pluralised using the same four letters and are included higher up the page.
(Didn't know where else to put it, so thought I'd put it in here. Hope that's ok. )
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Re: Wiki Spamming
There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
This is your problem.Gavin Chipper wrote:There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
That's how Countdown refers to them. Anyone who loses from the quarter-final stage onwards gets a "Series [n] Finalist" trophy.Gavin Chipper wrote:There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
Mike Brown: "Round 12: T N R S A E I G U
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
C1: SIGNATURE (18) ["9; not written down"]
C2: SEATING (7)
Score: 108–16 (max 113)
Another niner for Adam and yet another century. Well done, that man."
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Re: Wiki Spamming
If they got a horse trophy would they be a horse?Adam Gillard wrote:That's how Countdown refers to them. Anyone who loses from the quarter-final stage onwards gets a "Series [n] Finalist" trophy.Gavin Chipper wrote:There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
I think it's the same weird inflation that causes division 1 in football to actually be the 9th level (or whatever it is now - I can't keep track).
No, I'll just wait a couple of years and then apply at the point where merely applying makes you a champion of champions winner.Jon O'Neill wrote:This is your problem.Gavin Chipper wrote:There doesn't seem to be a "proper" discussion thread for the Wiki so I'll use this one as well rather than start a new one.
People who make the quarter finals or better in their series are often referred to as "finalists". I find this very strange and misleading.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
I hate to spoil Ed's party, but according to the home page he's still current series champion, and it's annoying me. Slightly.
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Re: Wiki Spamming
I'd be happy to do this.Rhys Benjamin wrote:This is out of hand now. We now have swearing in the titles.
Should we have an election for the next admin between Me, James, Kirk, Johnny Canuck, Kai, Joseph Krol and Mike Brown? (Well, there are other non-spammy editors but this is my shortlist)
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Re: Wiki Spamming
If you edit a featured article, it doesn't appear to affect the front page version of it. How does this get sorted?
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Re: Wiki Spamming
You have to edit the front page, but only people with the rights to alter it can change it, and it's a set few that doesn't include me, unfortunately........... (P.S. Sort it out, Charlie. )Gavin Chipper wrote:If you edit a featured article, it doesn't appear to affect the front page version of it. How does this get sorted?
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Surely it should take it from the article anyway rather being a separate entity in its own right that needs parallel editing.James Robinson wrote:You have to edit the front page, but only people with the rights to alter it can change it, and it's a set few that doesn't include me, unfortunately........... (P.S. Sort it out, Charlie. )Gavin Chipper wrote:If you edit a featured article, it doesn't appear to affect the front page version of it. How does this get sorted?
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Going back to this, the featured articles all seem to have a separate (uneditable) page - e.g. Susie Dent's - which are separate from their main article so can end up quite different if the main article is edited.Gavin Chipper wrote:Surely it should take it from the article anyway rather being a separate entity in its own right that needs parallel editing.James Robinson wrote:You have to edit the front page, but only people with the rights to alter it can change it, and it's a set few that doesn't include me, unfortunately........... (P.S. Sort it out, Charlie. )Gavin Chipper wrote:If you edit a featured article, it doesn't appear to affect the front page version of it. How does this get sorted?
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Re: Wiki Spamming
Those are templates meant for inclusion on the front page, they aren't articles per se.
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Yep, but it would be good if they could be "synced" with their article every so often to prevent divergence.Charlie Reams wrote:Those are templates meant for inclusion on the front page, they aren't articles per se.