There are various comixpedia.ORG accounts spamming up the wiki, including
QljW2n http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/QljW2n
IiiDc0 http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/IiiDc0
LpzTje http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/LpzTje
and oodles of others.
edit at 15:51 (EDT) : another spammer is GntQ7s http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/GntQ7s
edit at 15:56 (EDT) : all four of those account have only made spam edits, so please make the block expiry infinite (ie. no expiry) since the evidence indicates the accounts are just spam accounts
edit at 17:36 (EDT) : another spammer VzjPqq http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/VzjPqq
edit at 17:44, 11 August 2007 (EDT) : Kiba has started blocking spammer. Thank you Kiba!
Battling Spam/Vandalism At the Wiki UPDATE
TWO things - whoever is Casey G - thanks for your spam patrolling!
Second I installed the CAPTCHA extension tonight to try to cut down on the plague of automated accounts being created lately to spam the site. If anyone has trouble with the site b/c of the captcha let us know.
If it works great - if not there's a few more extensions we can add in the future.
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Kiba I just installed the captcha extension from Mediawiki's site.
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Hello CaseyG, thank you very much for the cleanup.
Depends on what style of block you are thinking of.
I've been blocking with boxes 2 and 3 checked. (box 2 is “Prevent account creation” and box 3 “Automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent addresses they try to edit from”)
Those box2-and-3 blocks results in the system doing delightful automatic blocks such as:
19 August 2007, (..) blocked #521 (.., account creation blocked) .. (Autoblocked because your IP address has been recently used by "MftYw7". The reason given for MftYw7's block is: "'''spammer. only edit was creating SPAM page at Talk:Tom Fischbach '''")
If you were thinking of a block with boxes-2 and-3 unchecked then I think it won't do much against spammers .. (although some spam accounts that have gone unblocked have done a second edit months after their first edit)
Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Thanks for your help!
DO you have SYSOP access right now? Let me know if you don't and want it - I can do that this weekend.
I added a captcha extension from mediawiki's site to comixpedia.org. If you have other ideas for how to battle these scripts let me know. Thanks
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Thanks so much for your help this week!
I had some time today and deleted all of the spammy talk: pages (also managed to ban some user/IPs too - I went with your 3 month suggestion as well)
It looks like there is still a good chunk of spam to remove - I'll look at it again tonight. If there's a good plug-in for mediawiki I should install be sure to suggest it to me. Thanks.
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
1) I haven't used any mediawiki plug-ins so I have none to suggest.
2) When I wasn't a sysop, all I could with a spam page was blank them.
After I was given sysop status and when I noticed a spam page had been created, (after banning the spammer with block reason including name of spam page ) I deleted that spam page.
I see you also were deleting spam pages, but then switched over to blanking them.
In retrospect, the blanking of spam pages seems to makes more sense because a blanking doesn't remove the spam edit from the spammer's edit history.
So I'll follow your lead and blank spam pages until I hear otherwise.
Spam Plug Ins and Using "cheap" to find old spammed pages....
I added the basic MediaWiki spam filter extension last night. It does block some of the spam we've been getting (it prevents saving pages with specific URLs in it if I understand it correctly) - I tested it with copying previously spammed pages. It doesn't catch all of the spammage language we've gotten though so I'll look into what else mediawiki supports right now.
I went through searching for "cheap" which is a good way to catch past spam and I cleaned up all of the non-main pages. Did quite a few of the main pages too but there's simply too much to do - something like 200 pages. But I'll look for volunteers and help on the backlog. The key is cutting down or even stopping any new spammage.
Thanks for all your help!
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
I'll work through the list of recent changes and revert .. but I don't have the power to block.
Can someone block :
NpuJ3v http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/NpuJ3v
VakVut http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/VakVut
CsyOf1 http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/CsyOf1
IihGxx http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/IihGxx
DjvTrd http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/DjvTrd
Dz1F3g http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Dz1F3g
VowBdh http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/VowBdh
Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
If a spammer has been blocked and a spam edit has been reverted, that spam edit can be marked as patrolled ?
(It's what we do at another wiki, so want to make sure its what happens at comixpedia)
Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Sounds like a reasonable approach.
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Earthfurst
What's your comixpedia.org account name? I can make you an admin if you're willing to help.
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
I can't go with my double-block idea (system doesn't allow two blocks apparently)
Is it ok if I block a spammer account for 3 months (or 6 months) with boxes 2 and 3 checked? That should prevent those spammers from creating new spam accounts .. while not infringing on future users of those IPs too much.
I won't be blocking for about 8 hours (going to bed)
When we block someone there's the 3 boxes:
* Block anonymous users only
* Prevent account creation
* Automatically block the last IP address used by this user, and any subsequent addresses they try to edit from
So far I've been blocking on infinite with the boxes unchecked,
but the spam keeps coming (and the new spam looks like the old spam) .. so I'm thinking it is probably the same spammers creating accounts from the same IPs.
From this point on, until I hear otherwise:
I'll block a spammer account for 3 months with boxes 2 and 3 checked,
then block that spammer account for infinite with boxes unchecked (so future users of those IPs don't get blocked)
</s>Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
I'd do what you think is best - there's no set policy on it right now and not enough admins so I'm really grateful for your help this week(s).
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
My Comixpedia account name is EarthFurst http://www.comixpedia.org/index.php/User:EarthFurst
Yes, I'm willing to help.
Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
Thanks - you're a SYSOP now so go forth and... sysop! :)
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Re: comixpedia.ORG admins: please block various accounts that ar
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