Comments on: Reverting Wiki Spam Considered Harmful http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/ Alan Gutierrez blogs on software, social networks, and himself. Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:33:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Alan’s Blogometer » Blog Archive » del.icio.us for Keeping In Touch http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-25274 Alan’s Blogometer » Blog Archive » del.icio.us for Keeping In Touch Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:17:26 +0000 http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-25274 [...] Got a trackback from Matt Hampel on a post about the New Orleans Wiki. He is one of the keepers of the ArborWiki. It was from an automatic posting of his del.icoi.us bookmarks. It struck me as an easy way to reach out to new people. An easy way to reward people for getting my attention. As if my attention was not reward enough already. Tags: ArborWiki, Blogging, Matt Hampel, New Orleans Wiki, Social Networking, Think New Orleans, Wiki [...] [...] Got a trackback from Matt Hampel on a post about the New Orleans Wiki. He is one of the keepers of the ArborWiki. It was from an automatic posting of his del.icoi.us bookmarks. It struck me as an easy way to reach out to new people. An easy way to reward people for getting my attention. As if my attention was not reward enough already. Tags: ArborWiki, Blogging, Matt Hampel, New Orleans Wiki, Social Networking, Think New Orleans, Wiki [...]

]]> By: Alan Gutierrez http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-25256 Alan Gutierrez Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:23:09 +0000 http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-25256 Bart I've installed "ConfrimEdit":http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ConfirmEdit_extension and spam has dropped off. Only two UCE edits in five days. Also, I've installed a new theme, the ArborWiki theme. It looks much nicer. It is better for entries that are not really encyclopedic. Bart

I’ve installed “ConfrimEdit”:http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ConfirmEdit_extension and spam has dropped off. Only two UCE edits in five days.

Also, I’ve installed a new theme, the ArborWiki theme. It looks much nicer. It is better for entries that are not really encyclopedic.

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]]> By: Editor B http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-23725 Editor B Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:06:37 +0000 http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-23725 But surely it can be implemented in such a way as to filter out bots? MediaWiki being so widely implemented I'd think there's be some sort of solution. But surely it can be implemented in such a way as to filter out bots? MediaWiki being so widely implemented I’d think there’s be some sort of solution.

]]> By: Alan Gutierrez http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-23718 Alan Gutierrez Tue, 04 Sep 2007 21:17:21 +0000 http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-23718 Registration only means that the robots register before spamming. Registration only means that the robots register before spamming.

]]> By: Editor B http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-23697 Editor B Tue, 04 Sep 2007 16:22:25 +0000 http://blogometer.com/post/reverting-wiki-spam-considered-harmful/#comment-23697 I still think it makes sense to require users to register for the wiki. The benefits of having it wide open are not justified by the spam headaches. I still think it makes sense to require users to register for the wiki. The benefits of having it wide open are not justified by the spam headaches.

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