[Slackdocs] Spam on the wiki

B.Lawrence nowbrians at yahoo.co.uk
Tue Dec 4 14:04:44 CET 2012


On 04/12/12 11:56, Eric Hameleers wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Dec 2012, B.Lawrence wrote:
>
>> On 04/12/12 07:58, Bojan Popovic wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Just noticed this:
>>> http://docs.slackware.com/samsung_galaxy_s3_case
>>>
>>> I know I could probably delete it myself, but didn't want to do
>>> anything without consulting anyone from the staff.
>>>
>>> Bojan.
>
>> Hi,
>> Thanks, Bojan.
>> I've deleted the contents of that page, but haven't found out how to 
>> delete the page itself. I'll have to RTFM again.
>> :-)
>> Brian
>
> The page is gone, and I have changed the registration process so that 
> new users will have _no_ edit rights by default, until the account is 
> manually added to the "users" group by Niki or myself.
>
> That was unfortunately the only way to fight spammers who create 
> accounts on our Wiki.
>
> The spammer account itself has been locked. It was created from a 
> Chinese IP.
>
> Cheers, Eric
> _______________________________________________
Thanks, Eric.
Brian


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