The wiki is being used for spam!

Sslaxx · June 22, 2011, 03:29:19 PM

Just came across this little gem in the wiki. It's got a cash loans scamming/phishing link in there. Created 8th June.

Here's everything that this spambot has added/amended.

Might be worthwhile disabling unregistered edits. Won't stop all of them, but it'll at least stop opportunistic spambots like this one.

More unregistered spambots:

http://wiki.bennugd.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/64.120.38.9
http://wiki.bennugd.org/index.php?title=Special:Contributions/173.208.25.215

josebita · June 22, 2011, 04:09:19 PM

Thanks for reporting, we'll give it an eye.

Sandman · June 22, 2011, 06:10:07 PM

Anonymous editing should be disabled. Captcha should be updated/tweaked and enabled for registering.

SplinterGU · June 22, 2011, 06:38:44 PM

I do not understand, anonymous editing has been disabled long ago, or so I understood that you had done.

Anonymous editing must be disable.

Please, some guy that have permission for do it, do it.

josebita · June 22, 2011, 10:32:09 PM

I've just confirmed that anonymous editing is enabled, although you still need to enter the captcha.

Sandman · June 23, 2011, 12:23:49 AM

Yes, I had it disabled.

SplinterGU · June 23, 2011, 12:27:17 AM

please, disable anonymous editing...

MisterN · July 05, 2011, 04:13:55 PM

http://wiki.bennugd.org/index.php?title=Special%3ASearch&search=movie

I was looking for code on how to load a movie but what i got in return is a page full of spam. theres also
http://wiki.bennugd.org/index.php?search=penis&ns0=1&ns6=1&ns14=1&ns100=1&ns102=1&ns104=1&ns106=1&ns108=1&ns110=1&ns114=1&ns116=1&title=Special%3ASearch&fulltext=Search

BlackCurtain · July 10, 2011, 02:07:34 PM

This is sad.
When is someone going to clean it up? ???

josebita · July 10, 2011, 08:41:07 PM

Can anybody give me admin privileges on the wiki? At least I'll try to minimize this and delete all the spamming users.

MisterN · July 10, 2011, 08:49:55 PM

i noticed if you type in words like aids, penis, tits, etc. (dont ban me for saying those if thats a no no) you get a whole load of those spams in the wiki search.

SplinterGU · July 10, 2011, 11:13:38 PM

I say, disable wiki forever... or until fix the problem...

BlackCurtain · July 11, 2011, 08:00:01 AM

Who's in charge of the wiki anyway? I thought you guys were.

Sslaxx · July 11, 2011, 08:52:22 AM

Quote from: BlackCurtain on July 11, 2011, 08:00:01 AM
Who's in charge of the wiki anyway? I thought you guys were.

Sounds like nobody is.

handsource-dyko · July 11, 2011, 09:16:40 AM

Although the wiki is being spammed, it is the only good source of documentation at the moment.
So I would find it really sad if the wiki where shutdown. Isn't it possible to provide the data from the
wiki in an alternate form, i.e. a downloadable html archive and/or as a collection of pdf files as back up?

Maybe a few selected people should be in charge of the wiki, and that other people can submit documentation
or comments to those maintainers. Preferably the wiki maintainers should be those who have a great knowledge
about bennu and it's internals, like Splinter, Sandman, Josibita, Drumpi and Freeyourmind.