[Open-bio-l] Open Bio Wiki spamming

Dave Clements clements at nescent.org
Fri Aug 6 23:08:35 UTC 2010


Hi Chris,

Try


http://www.open-bio.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Log&limit=500&month=&year=

Dave C

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Andy Jenkinson <andy.jenkinson at ebi.ac.uk>wrote:

> The biodas wiki has tons, but not all visible - mostly user pages. I gave
> up doing anything about it unless I spot it on a page. You can do:
> http://www.biodas.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&days=30
>
> I'm not sure if the registrations are automated or not, but I suspect so. A
> better captcha would be very much appreciated.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> On 6 Aug 2010, at 17:28, Chris Fields wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I found a ton of spammed links on the main OBF wiki this morning,
> spanning the last month.  My guess is this has been going on for a bit now
> (e.g. beyond the last month).  Anyone know of a way to check over edits past
> one month?
> >
> > Also wondering if we need to go with a better captcha system than what we
> currently have in place.  Any suggestions?
> >
> > chris
> > _______________________________________________
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>
> On 6 Aug 2010, at 17:28, Chris Fields wrote:
>
> > All,
> >
> > I found a ton of spammed links on the main OBF wiki this morning,
> spanning the last month.  My guess is this has been going on for a bit now
> (e.g. beyond the last month).  Anyone know of a way to check over edits past
> one month?
> >
> > Also wondering if we need to go with a better captcha system than what we
> currently have in place.  Any suggestions?
> >
> > chris
> > _______________________________________________
> > Open-Bio-l mailing list
> > Open-Bio-l at lists.open-bio.org
> > http://lists.open-bio.org/mailman/listinfo/open-bio-l
>
>
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