slipdisc Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 http://www.hak5.org/w/index.php/Chris_Gerling Looks to be blocked automatically by Firefox generating the following page Anyone know the backstory here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Isn't that the old wiki? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipdisc Posted December 3, 2010 Author Share Posted December 3, 2010 Isn't that the old wiki? I'm not sure but, it should probably be taken down either way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted December 3, 2010 Share Posted December 3, 2010 Ye, it should. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digip Posted December 4, 2010 Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Yeah, someone edited it and put links to 3rd party sites. Not only should it be taken down, but maybe there is a way to scan the wiki for rouge stuff like this? Check for similar posts fromt he same IP and ban it. I know its not as easy as the forum to moderate, but there should be a better system in place to prevent this sort of thing. By the way, a quick google shows this person does this regularly to mediawiki installs, posting the same sort of spam. Most likely automated by a bot, so if he can add some extra steps, like a captcha it might prevent this from happening again from automated spam bots, but not from real people. I recently had to implement a captcha on my brother in laws sites so even if mediawiki doesn't offer a plugin or captcha by default, it should be able to implement fairly easily in the mediawiki's code. Edited December 4, 2010 by digip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I'll look into it. Can the community edit the wiki or not these days? No one has looked after it for some time afaik. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparda Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 I'll look into it. Can the community edit the wiki or not these days? No one has looked after it for some time afaik. I couldn't figure it out... but then, I am stupid so... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 5, 2010 Share Posted December 5, 2010 Right, we need wiki admins. It's all gone screwby. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipdisc Posted December 5, 2010 Author Share Posted December 5, 2010 Right, we need wiki admins. It's all gone screwby. agreed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Spammers have been using the wiki for quite a while now - I noticed it a couple of months ago when somebody had edited the Jasager install guide to spam links. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Anyone want to step up to the plate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipdisc Posted December 6, 2010 Author Share Posted December 6, 2010 Anyone want to step up to the plate? I would be more than willing to help. Anything to stifle the spammers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 (edited) I would be more than willing to help. Anything to stifle the spammers. Gosh i wish i could kill a bunch of spammers in the weekend.. after a night of love with the gf the best thing in the morning is to go out and hunt spammers... i mean it.. back in the day they were using my hotmail account (even though they don't have my password) to send spam like it was me... I JUST HATE SPAMMERS AAAAA =@ "Spammer season is open! Rabbit Season Duck Season.. Spammer Season FIRE (sorry couldn't resist)" Edited December 6, 2010 by Morpheus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misfitsman805 Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Anyone want to step up to the plate? What skills would be required for this task? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 6, 2010 Share Posted December 6, 2010 Some mediawiki knowledge, but mainly the ability to learn on the job, and the ability not to disappear after a week or so. I'll look into getting access setup, along with a special forum area to discuss it all tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slipdisc Posted December 8, 2010 Author Share Posted December 8, 2010 Some mediawiki knowledge, but mainly the ability to learn on the job, and the ability not to disappear after a week or so. I'll look into getting access setup, along with a special forum area to discuss it all tonight. Any update yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaKo Posted December 9, 2010 Share Posted December 9, 2010 I'll have a stab tomorrow, if not the weekend. Other issues in back office preventing movement on this issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Netshroud Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 I'm willing to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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