Re: [Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-17 Thread TJ Frazier
On 11/17/2012 18:04, TJ Frazier wrote: On 11/17/2012 17:17, Rob Weir wrote: On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:26 PM, TJ Frazier wrote: On 11/17/2012 15:56, Max Merbald wrote: Hi, disabling new registrations is one thing which might, however, stop sensible people from participating. I think it must be v

Re: [Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-17 Thread TJ Frazier
On 11/17/2012 17:17, Rob Weir wrote: On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:26 PM, TJ Frazier wrote: On 11/17/2012 15:56, Max Merbald wrote: Hi, disabling new registrations is one thing which might, however, stop sensible people from participating. I think it must be very frustrating when you're trying to re

Re: [Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-17 Thread Rob Weir
On Nov 17, 2012, at 4:26 PM, TJ Frazier wrote: > On 11/17/2012 15:56, Max Merbald wrote: >> Hi, >> >> disabling new registrations is one thing which might, however, stop >> sensible people from participating. I think it must be very frustrating >> when you're trying to register somewhere in order

Re: [Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-17 Thread TJ Frazier
On 11/17/2012 15:56, Max Merbald wrote: Hi, disabling new registrations is one thing which might, however, stop sensible people from participating. I think it must be very frustrating when you're trying to register somewhere in order to constructively contribute to a project and you can't. Won'

Re: [Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-17 Thread Max Merbald
Hi, disabling new registrations is one thing which might, however, stop sensible people from participating. I think it must be very frustrating when you're trying to register somewhere in order to constructively contribute to a project and you can't. Won't it be possible to ban some of the m

Re: [Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-17 Thread TJ Frazier
On 11/17/2012 08:28, Regina Henschel wrote: Hi, TJ Frazier schrieb: Since 05:00 (UTC+5) this morning, I have blocked over 150 spammers; the deleted-pages count is higher. Normal would be about half a dozen. And still they come. In the short run, I can probably handle it, though help from any c

Re: [Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-17 Thread Regina Henschel
Hi, TJ Frazier schrieb: Since 05:00 (UTC+5) this morning, I have blocked over 150 spammers; the deleted-pages count is higher. Normal would be about half a dozen. And still they come. In the short run, I can probably handle it, though help from any committer sysops would be useful. In the long

[Mwiki] Spam Attack in progress!

2012-11-16 Thread TJ Frazier
Since 05:00 (UTC+5) this morning, I have blocked over 150 spammers; the deleted-pages count is higher. Normal would be about half a dozen. And still they come. In the short run, I can probably handle it, though help from any committer sysops would be useful. In the long run, some site-mainta