Re: CAPTCHA for the relax wiki. -- August 09, 2013 - 12:33

Ah, that's how it's done.  Cheers!

Edward

On 9 August 2013 12:16, Troels Emtekær Linnet <tlinnet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Edward.
>
> You find all "special pages" in the left menu, under toolbox:
> http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Special:SpecialPages
>
> Depending on your login-credentials, you will see different
> special page options.
>
> You would probably use:
> User list  -  http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Special:ListUsers
> Merge and delete users  -  http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/Special:UserMerge
>
> Old user (merge from): The user name of the spammer
> New user (merge to): Spam bot
>
>
> Best
>
>
>
> Troels Emtekær Linnet
>
>
> 2013/8/9 Edward d'Auvergne <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Hi,
> >
> > No problems, I'll keep watching and see what happens.  I've had quite
> > some experience cleaning up after spam bots, as they attacked the
> > relax news system at https://gna.org/news/?group=relax.  As for the
> > CAPTCHA for setting up a new account, I checked yesterday and there
> > was none.  Today it's working though.  We just have to keep watching
> > and see what happens.  Maybe a better CAPTCHA is required if they can
> > still come through.  One question though, how do I use the merge and
> > delete extension?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Edward
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9 August 2013 11:18, Troels Emtekær Linnet <tlinnet@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Hi Edward.
> > >
> > > Damn does bots.
> > > Thanks for taking care!
> > >
> > > 1)
> > > I have increased the security, so you need to have link-click confirmed
> > > your
> > > email,
> > > before you can edit.
> > >
> > > 2)
> > > I have also made it necessary to do CAPTCHA input, before each
> > > submission of
> > > a page edit.
> > >
> > > 3)
> > > I installed a Merge and delete users extension for admins.
> > > I have created a user: Spam bot
> > > And merged and deleted all dubious users into that user user.
> > > (Note, total deletion on wiki's is "normally" not possible).
> > >
> > > I hope this helps a little.
> > >
> > > I am stunned, that the bots can be created at all. ?
> > > You need to pass CAPTCHA, to be able to create a user. ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Troels Emtekær Linnet
> > >
> > >
> > > 2013/8/9 Edward d'Auvergne <edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Hi Troels,
> > > >
> > > > I really think we need to set up a CAPTCHA
> > > > (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/CAPTCHA) for the user creation on the
> > > > relax wiki (http://wiki.nmr-relax.com).  Maybe for new page creation
> > > > as well.  The wiki has been infested with bots and I have been
> > > > deleting these accounts and all the pages they created:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/index.php?title=Special:ListUsers&offset=&limit=500
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > http://wiki.nmr-relax.com/index.php?title=Special:Log/delete&offset=&limit=500&type=delete&user=
> > > >
> > > > There's no rush as it's still relatively each to whack these bots.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > > Edward