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Title: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: The_Force on May 20, 2011, 03:57:38 am

Spam bot

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Car_Insurance_Quotes_-_How_To_Get_Car_Insurance_Quotes

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: The_Force on May 20, 2011, 04:49:32 am

New one

http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Casino_Bonus-_How_To_Claim_a_Free_No-Deposit_Casino_Bonus

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: Shade on May 20, 2011, 06:38:56 am

Thanks for the heads up - We're aware of the problem, and deleting them as they pop up (or as soon as we're online after they pop up).

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: Thaeris on May 20, 2011, 07:50:32 pm

...For future reference to any newbies here, there's a "report" button for a reason. Use it; threads such as this are not necessary.

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: Shade on May 20, 2011, 08:28:38 pm

Actually, the report button is for forum spambots. This is about wiki spambots. On the wiki though, it's simple for us to find them - All we need to do is check the recent changes list and look for unusual names.

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: Thaeris on May 20, 2011, 10:26:41 pm

Ah, my bad. Sorry about that.

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: headdie on May 23, 2011, 04:46:46 am

I just registered here (http://www.cartographersguild.com) to raid a few gimp scripts and they have a simple question which is randomly selected like "are you a living, breathing human?" or "are you a spammer?"  I know these wont thwart a person setting up the spam but it might stall the bots to some degree.

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: Shade on June 21, 2011, 10:19:17 pm

Just had a couple more, which I got to a bit late. Thanks to The_Force and TopAce for removing the links and thus making sure the nefarious spam-plans were foiled until I finally noticed it.

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: Snail on August 24, 2011, 11:13:13 am

Veritable storm of these blighters coming in past couple days. Any quick way to stop them that doesn't involve TopAce sitting at his computer all day?

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: The_Force on August 24, 2011, 02:24:14 pm

don't allow registering until we can find a better solution

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: TopAce on August 24, 2011, 02:54:45 pm

That'd be harsh. Well, today we had only two spambots, which isn't particularly high or hard to deal with. (It's just getting tiring)

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: The E on August 24, 2011, 03:13:59 pm

At the moment, all registrations need admin approval. So while we had an easy day, the admins haven't.

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: TopAce on August 24, 2011, 03:28:24 pm

At the Wiki too?

Title: Re: Admins Spam bot alert
Post by: The E on August 24, 2011, 03:42:15 pm

I think not, given how much work you had over there.