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| − | + | ===Spammers=== | |
| − | + | Spammers have begun to attack this wiki. Go view some of the revisions to pages like the Main Page, or even the help page, you will see for yourself. As of right now I am employing a link blacklist on edits, if you try to make an edit that includes a link that matches the blacklist, your edit is denied. The blacklist I am using is available at [http://blacklist.chongqed.org/]. Nightly, a new copy of the list is downloaded to help protect us going forward. Hopefully this will help until the spammers get smarter. | |
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| − | [[User: | + | Please be on the lookout for links hidden in pages. Most of the spammers are inserting the links in invisible divs at the bottom of the page s that we don't even notice them, but search engines still pick them up, which is what the spammers are hoping for. When editing a page, please make a habit of scrolling down to the bottom of the edit box before you save. |
| + | ====Fighting Spam==== | ||
| + | I am starting to grant sysop priveleges to major contributors because that brings with it the ability to ban ips and users, also to rollback changes automatically. ''If you find yourself on this list, please read [[Help:How to revert a page to an earlier version|about reverting pages]].'' | ||
| + | *'''[[User:BlueNinja|BlueNinja]]''': Spam cop lately. Also an active contributor. | ||
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| + | I am also considering requiring logging in to edit pages. I really don't want to do that, we will see. | ||
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| + | --[[User:BigWhiteTruck|BigWhiteTruck]] 13:25, 27 Nov 2005 (EST) | ||
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| + | ===New Version=== | ||
| + | This wiki has been chugging along quite nicely on MediaWiki 1.4.1, but it is time for a change. I am in the process of updating to 1.5.2 ''(You may have noticed that the /w/ in the edit urls has changed to /w141/. pretty soon it will become /w152/ then you will know it's done)''. Hopefully this will go smoothly. | ||
| + | --[[User:BigWhiteTruck|BigWhiteTruck]] 21:16, 27 Nov 2005 (EST) | ||
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| + | ===other updates=== | ||
| + | #File uploading is now enabled, let's see those pics! | ||
| + | #*[[Cacheopedia:image use policy|image use policy]] <-- how to do automatic thumbnails, what's appropriate, etc. | ||
| + | #I did some updating to the Main Page and elsewhere. | ||
| + | #I changed the logo from the flower to the cacheopedia book. | ||
| + | --[[User:BigWhiteTruck|BigWhiteTruck]] 21:16, 27 Nov 2005 (EST) | ||
Revision as of 02:16, 28 November 2005
Contents |
Site Updates
Spammers
Spammers have begun to attack this wiki. Go view some of the revisions to pages like the Main Page, or even the help page, you will see for yourself. As of right now I am employing a link blacklist on edits, if you try to make an edit that includes a link that matches the blacklist, your edit is denied. The blacklist I am using is available at [1]. Nightly, a new copy of the list is downloaded to help protect us going forward. Hopefully this will help until the spammers get smarter.
Please be on the lookout for links hidden in pages. Most of the spammers are inserting the links in invisible divs at the bottom of the page s that we don't even notice them, but search engines still pick them up, which is what the spammers are hoping for. When editing a page, please make a habit of scrolling down to the bottom of the edit box before you save.
Fighting Spam
I am starting to grant sysop priveleges to major contributors because that brings with it the ability to ban ips and users, also to rollback changes automatically. If you find yourself on this list, please read about reverting pages.
- BlueNinja: Spam cop lately. Also an active contributor.
I am also considering requiring logging in to edit pages. I really don't want to do that, we will see.
--BigWhiteTruck 13:25, 27 Nov 2005 (EST)
New Version
This wiki has been chugging along quite nicely on MediaWiki 1.4.1, but it is time for a change. I am in the process of updating to 1.5.2 (You may have noticed that the /w/ in the edit urls has changed to /w141/. pretty soon it will become /w152/ then you will know it's done). Hopefully this will go smoothly. --BigWhiteTruck 21:16, 27 Nov 2005 (EST)
other updates
- File uploading is now enabled, let's see those pics!
- image use policy <-- how to do automatic thumbnails, what's appropriate, etc.
- I did some updating to the Main Page and elsewhere.
- I changed the logo from the flower to the cacheopedia book.
--BigWhiteTruck 21:16, 27 Nov 2005 (EST)
