wiki spam problem is MUCH worse, actually

[Jonathan Aquilina]

arent there CAPTCHA's that prevent spam bots from getting in, granted 
that it might be a user who posts the links

On 04/08/2011 23:09, mail at catsnest.co.uk wrote:
> Humm it is of course a community wiki so We could delete the spam links.
> We don't have permissions to delete pages of course.
>
> This is a problem with most Wiki's I admin a medium sized wiki and
> have to delete spam pages every day.
>
>
> Ritchie
> --
> <-- http://23.me.uk/2 -->
> <--Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.  -->
>
>
>
> On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 6:50 PM, Michael Friedrich
> <michael.friedrich at univie.ac.at>  wrote:
>> Keith Erekson wrote:
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>>> Hash: SHA1
>>>
>>> In typical Mediawiki fashion... looks like user registration has been
>>> left on, resulting in 1000+ users:
>>>
>>> http://wiki.nagios.org/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&limit=500
>>>
>>> Which leads to the wiki being used to host all *sorts* of interesting
>>> spam:
>>>
>>> http://wiki.nagios.org/index.php?title=Special:UncategorizedPages&limit=500&offset=0
>>>
>>> ;-)
>> probably the admins are busy changing wikipedia articles instead,
>> removing the bad forks shinken and icinga from the content.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nagios&action=history
>> http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nagios&action=history
>>
>>> - --
>>>
>>> Keith Erekson
>>> Systems Engineer
>>> Digirati Consulting
>>> erekson at digiraticonsulting.com
>>> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>> Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux)
>>> Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/
>>>
>>> iEYEARECAAYFAk46uBMACgkQNYHf3mzWKbH8wQCdEuYk3k+rc8+ghpGDCOWMpVgf
>>> NGUAnA3l9mhXqhzYkgA/B/9/jcz9x91C
>>> =pDHc
>>> -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA
>>> The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts.
>>> Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies.
>>> Sessions, hands-on labs, demos&    much more. Register early&    save!
>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> Nagios-users mailing list
>>> Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
>>> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue.
>>> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
>>>
>>
>> --
>> DI (FH) Michael Friedrich
>>
>> Vienna University Computer Center
>> Universitaetsstrasse 7 A-1010 Vienna, Austria
>>
>> email:  michael.friedrich at univie.ac.at
>> phone:  +43 1 4277 14359
>> mobile: +43 664 60277 14359
>> fax:    +43 1 4277 14338
>> web:    http://www.univie.ac.at/zid
>>         http://www.aco.net
>>
>> Icinga Core&    IDOUtils Developer
>> http://www.icinga.org
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA
>> The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts.
>> Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies.
>> Sessions, hands-on labs, demos&  much more. Register early&  save!
>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1
>> _______________________________________________
>> Nagios-users mailing list
>> Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
>> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue.
>> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null
>>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA
> The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts.
> Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies.
> Sessions, hands-on labs, demos&  much more. Register early&  save!
> http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1
> _______________________________________________
> Nagios-users mailing list
> Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue.
> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null


------------------------------------------------------------------------------
BlackBerry® DevCon Americas, Oct. 18-20, San Francisco, CA
The must-attend event for mobile developers. Connect with experts. 
Get tools for creating Super Apps. See the latest technologies.
Sessions, hands-on labs, demos & much more. Register early & save!
http://p.sf.net/sfu/rim-blackberry-1
_______________________________________________
Nagios-users mailing list
Nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users
::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. 
::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null