Re: [sword-devel] Wiki Vandalism/Spam

2008-07-13 Thread Peter von Kaehne
DM Smith wrote: > On Jul 13, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Peter von Kaehne wrote: > >> DM Smith wrote: >>> I am the bureaucrat. So is Chris. Troy is the "ueber" bureaucrat. >> >> Could you then change regular wiki writers etc into admins? Makes it >> easier to roll back, and allows us to delete pages and b

Re: [sword-devel] Wiki Vandalism/Spam

2008-07-13 Thread DM Smith
On Jul 13, 2008, at 2:59 PM, Peter von Kaehne wrote: > > DM Smith wrote: >> I am the bureaucrat. So is Chris. Troy is the "ueber" bureaucrat. > > > Could you then change regular wiki writers etc into admins? Makes it > easier to roll back, and allows us to delete pages and ban vandals. > That

Re: [sword-devel] Wiki Vandalism/Spam

2008-07-13 Thread Peter von Kaehne
DM Smith wrote: > I am the bureaucrat. So is Chris. Troy is the "ueber" bureaucrat. Could you then change regular wiki writers etc into admins? Makes it easier to roll back, and allows us to delete pages and ban vandals. That woudl be brilliant. Peter > -- DM > > > ___

Re: [sword-devel] Wiki Vandalism/Spam

2008-07-13 Thread DM Smith
On Jul 12, 2008, at 10:01 PM, Peter von Kaehne wrote: > DM Smith wrote: >> >> Feel free to help us block spammers and rolling back their junk. > > That requires admin access. Former at least. Who is "buerocrat" on > the wiki? I am the bureaucrat. So is Chris. Troy is the "ueber" bureaucrat.

Re: [sword-devel] Wiki Vandalism/Spam

2008-07-12 Thread Peter von Kaehne
DM Smith wrote: > > Feel free to help us block spammers and rolling back their junk. That requires admin access. Former at least. Who is "buerocrat" on the wiki? > > In Christ, > DM > > > ___ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.o

[sword-devel] Wiki Vandalism/Spam

2008-07-12 Thread DM Smith
About a year ago we started blocking spammers, but we only blocked for a year. They are now reinstated and are spamming again. Bummer. Anyway, we are rolling back their changes as we see them happening and blocking them forever. Our basic spam handling mechanism is to make accounts wait 4 day