Spambots

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Jedi Master Spock
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Spambots

Post by Jedi Master Spock » Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:54 pm

So apparently, since the last time I looked in, spambots have gone from unsigned edits to existing pages to registering users and creating new articles on wikis en masse. I'm looking into the issue. Sorry.

Cpl Kendall
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Post by Cpl Kendall » Sat Sep 08, 2007 10:06 pm

I'd suggest that you start authorizing accounts on the database/wiki yourself to put a stop to this. And the same for the forum, it seems these spambots/spammers have fairly predictable names so it shouldn't be to hard to tell a spammer from the real thing.

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