Re: SPAM in Wiki

Ruth Kusterer <[email protected]> Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:44:22 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.netbeans.webteam
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I found and deleted four occurrences. He keeps spamming the same few
pages, I wonder whether it's a test of how attentive we are? Usually
they give up when they notice the community does report these things and
the admins do delete it.

Brett Ryan wrote:
> Good to hear we'll be getting a new wiki system, would there be much
> involved in migrating to the new system regarding authering differences?

No, don't worry. :)

> 2009/10/26 Ruth Kusterer <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>>
> 
>     Hi Peter,
> 
>     thanks for the report, I'll remove it!
> 
>     Blocking the user doesn't help, since they create new accounts
>     regularly.
> 
>     We're updating the wiki soon anyway, I will check what kind of spam
>     prevention (blocked keywords) the new one offers!
> 
>     -- 
>     Best regards,
>     Ruth Kusterer
> 
> 
>     Am 26.10.2009 um 08:25 schrieb epdv <[email protected]
>     <mailto:[email protected]>>:
> 
> 
> 
>         Hello!
> 
>         There're some wiki pages spammed by mustuniversity.com
>         <http://mustuniversity.com>, again :(
> 
>         E.g. http://wiki.netbeans.org/NB61NewAndNoteWorthy (look for
>         changes).
> 
>         Is it possible to reject any edited site containing their spam
>         links and to disallow further access from the usr's account?
> 
>         Kind regards
> 
>         Peter Nabbefeld
> 
> 

-- 
Best regards,
Ruth Kusterer <[email protected]>
Sun Microsystems - Prague, Czech Republic
http://www.netbeans.org