Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

My voice is my password, Verify me. :) -DJ On 7/7/07, Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Watch the movie "Sneakers" sometime. ;) On 6/19/07, DM Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp wrote: > > Image CAPTCHA is fine if it's written well. The problem is

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

Watch the movie "Sneakers" sometime. ;) On 6/19/07, DM Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp wrote: > > Image CAPTCHA is fine if it's written well. The problem is that if a > > blind person visits your site, they are locked out. > > > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:C

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

I have made logging in necessary to change pages. With the wiki being made prominent on the crosswire home page, I think it is necessary to have spam under control. If I can get a better solution working they I'd be glad to open up anonymous editing. On Jun 29, 2007, at 3:03 AM, Eeli Kaikko

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

It's frustrating to me too. It seemed to be working but let one through. I then tried to add Bad- behavior as a second line of defense, but there was a database error that brought down the site. So then I tried adding our own filter to the SpamBlacklist, according to their mechanism. Then we

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

On Thu, 28 Jun 2007, DM Smith wrote: > This was prompted by a spammer that created invisible spam. That is spam > in a div with a style that hid the div. Go figure. Can't figure :) The spam problem is not solved, now the whole main page is overwritten with spam. I sincerely suggest that the wiki

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

I thought I'd give a status report on preventing spam on the wiki. I installed a black list that wikipedia uses to manage spam. It is appropriately named SpamBlacklist. The way it works is that about once every 15 minutes (or more depending on inactivity in the wiki) the mediawiki extension wil

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

I had not read about "Bad Behavior" before. It looks good and perhaps the most transparent. But I don't know if it would prevent some users from ever seeing our wiki. Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp wrote: > Image CAPTCHA is fine if it's written well. The problem is that if a > blind person visits yo

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

On 19/06/07, DM Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp wrote: > > Image CAPTCHA is fine if it's written well. The problem is that if a > > blind person visits your site, they are locked out. > > > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam#Captcha > >

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp wrote: > Image CAPTCHA is fine if it's written well. The problem is that if a > blind person visits your site, they are locked out. > > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam#Captcha > > Just a du

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

On Tue, 19 Jun 2007, Andrew Sterling Hanenkamp wrote: > Image CAPTCHA is fine if it's written well. The problem is that if a blind > person visits your site, they are locked out. In my eyes a well written test is one which includes an link to a sound file. But again, I don't know if MediaWiki sup

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

Image CAPTCHA is fine if it's written well. The problem is that if a blind person visits your site, they are locked out. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam#Captcha I still recommend other forms of spam blocking, such as blacklisting. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combati

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

On Fri, 15 Jun 2007, DM Smith wrote: > One of the other techniques is to show an image of text and have the > user accurately enter the text. > This allows anyone to edit anonymously, but not without personally > making the change. > This would prevent bots from spamming the page. I was actually

Re: [sword-devel] spam problem with wiki

One of the other techniques is to show an image of text and have the user accurately enter the text. This allows anyone to edit anonymously, but not without personally making the change. This would prevent bots from spamming the page. I would like to see either this or your suggestion. I've been