Re: wiki spam

Claus Cyrny wrote:
> Kai-Uwe Behrmann wrote:
>> Some places contain spam. For instance:
>> http://cinepaint.bigasterisk.com/WhyMigrateFromGTKToFLTK
>>
>>
>>   
> 
> This is really  ridiculous, and I'm frankly tired of this myself.
> Imho, in the long run, filtering out is not an option, because
> despite the filters, spam is increasing steadily.

I put some time into spam cleanup on the wiki, and I have turned off the 
easy add-a-comment feature on some pages. This doesn't stop robots who 
know how to edit the full pages, though.

Though it's far (FAR) from a solution to the worldwide wiki spam 
problem, I bet the cinepaint site would stay a lot cleaner if it had the 
simplest "Type the word 'paint' into this box:" guard on the edit pages. 
I may add that next time I work on the site. Another way people add this 
kind of non-intrusive protection is to put password protection on the 
wiki and the print the password on the front page.

> 
> The only solution I can think of would be, to password-protect the
> wiki. Does anyone know if this spam is being put in automatically,
> or do the people have to access the wiki manually?

I suspect it's automatic, but I can't prove that.

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