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* [[fighting spam posts in MediaWiki]] | * [[fighting spam posts in MediaWiki]] | ||
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| + | The wikispammers are getting weird. A series of posts last night on vbzwiki: | ||
| + | * at the end of the [[vbzwiki:FAQ|FAQ]] page, the text "ABCD ABCD ABCD" by a user with IP address 61.246.42.160 | ||
| + | * one second later, a new page called "Credit cards" is created from the same IP address, containing only the text "All about the best credit card sites..." | ||
| + | * two seconds after that, a user with IP address 68.178.194.210 adds a link to the [http://www.ing.iac.es Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes] | ||
| + | * five seconds after that, the first user replaces the "ABCD" text on the FAQ page with an internal link displaying the words "Credit_cards" but linking to a non-existent page called "Best Credit Cards" | ||
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| + | And that's all. The single outside link is a legitimate one which could certainly be posted here in HTYP on the [[Spain]] page (well, ok, I had to create that page, but the link certainly could have been left on the [[to be filed]] page). | ||
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| + | But still... what's the purpose of this? Testing to see if I monitor [[HTYP:RSS feeds|changes]]? --[[User:Woozle|Woozle]] 09:28, 24 January 2007 (EST) | ||
Revision as of 14:28, 24 January 2007
Wikispam, also known as "spam posts", is any kind of unsolicited advertising (spam) posted on a wiki page where such advertising violates the wiki's editorial policy (which it usually does).
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The wikispammers are getting weird. A series of posts last night on vbzwiki:
- at the end of the FAQ page, the text "ABCD ABCD ABCD" by a user with IP address 61.246.42.160
- one second later, a new page called "Credit cards" is created from the same IP address, containing only the text "All about the best credit card sites..."
- two seconds after that, a user with IP address 68.178.194.210 adds a link to the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
- five seconds after that, the first user replaces the "ABCD" text on the FAQ page with an internal link displaying the words "Credit_cards" but linking to a non-existent page called "Best Credit Cards"
And that's all. The single outside link is a legitimate one which could certainly be posted here in HTYP on the Spain page (well, ok, I had to create that page, but the link certainly could have been left on the to be filed page).
But still... what's the purpose of this? Testing to see if I monitor changes? --Woozle 09:28, 24 January 2007 (EST)