Comments on: Cool things I found this week2 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/12/11/cool-things-i-found-this-week2/ A librarian, writer and educator reflecting on the profession and the tools we use to serve our patrons Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:11:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 By: Laura http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/12/11/cool-things-i-found-this-week2/comment-page-1/#comment-33989 Laura Thu, 15 Dec 2005 00:22:50 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/?p=340#comment-33989 Resolution for 2006: spend time ridding the world of wiki spam! Resolution for 2006: spend time ridding the world of wiki spam!

]]> By: Richard Akerman http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/12/11/cool-things-i-found-this-week2/comment-page-1/#comment-33822 Richard Akerman Mon, 12 Dec 2005 23:44:32 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/?p=340#comment-33822 That sucks. I wonder if there are some additional barriers - verified email, or captchas (those "enter the numbers and letters in this image" things). It's unfortunate that in order to raise the barriers high enough to exclude spam you also may end up excluding some real users. I noticed a blog post that the wiki.ucalgary.ca site also got hammered with spam - maybe there was a coordinated attack on wikis. http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features http://www.darcynorman.net/tag/spam I'd be happy to lend a technical hand if there's some area where I can help. (I have a self-interest since we are also running MediaWiki.) That sucks. I wonder if there are some additional barriers – verified email, or captchas (those “enter the numbers and letters in this image” things). It’s unfortunate that in order to raise the barriers high enough to exclude spam you also may end up excluding some real users.

I noticed a blog post that the wiki.ucalgary.ca site also got hammered with spam – maybe there was a coordinated attack on wikis.

http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Anti-spam_Features
http://www.darcynorman.net/tag/spam

I’d be happy to lend a technical hand if there’s some area where I can help. (I have a self-interest since we are also running MediaWiki.)

]]> By: Nicole http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/2005/12/11/cool-things-i-found-this-week2/comment-page-1/#comment-33819 Nicole Mon, 12 Dec 2005 18:38:01 +0000 http://meredith.wolfwater.com/wordpress/index.php/?p=340#comment-33819 I'm sorry to hear about the spammers - can't you require authorization via email after someone registers? Or can spammers get through that little safeguard too? I’m sorry to hear about the spammers – can’t you require authorization via email after someone registers? Or can spammers get through that little safeguard too?

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