On 9 August 2013 12:33, Edward d'Auvergne <
edward@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>>> >
>>> >
>>
>>
Re: CAPTCHA for the relax wiki.