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[opensuse-wiki] Re: [opensuse-project] SPAM on openSUSE wiki
by Christian Boltz 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

Hello, TL;DR: the english wiki is temporarily read-only to stop spammers (wiki admins can still do edits) Am Freitag, 26. Februar 2016, 19:37:11 CET schrieb Christian Boltz: > Am Freitag, 26. Februar 2016, 15:04:05 CET schrieb Henne Vogelsang: > > Christian when you block people you can't tick the 'Automatically > > block the last IP address used by this use' checkbox as this will > > block the IP of the proxy in front of the wiki and hence every user. > > Oops, I wasn't aware of this detail :-( Actually I abused this detail again - the massive spam attack continues, and blocking the proxy IPs is the only way I have to stop the spam. Yes, I'm aware that this will also block "good" edits. Sorry for that, but even if someone sends me a mail with "can you please change $page to $text", it's still faster than deleting 1000 more spam pages. (Still, I'd like to ask you to do this only in really urgent cases ;-) On releated news: I discussed available options to block the spammers with Darix. The "Nuke" extension to mass-delete pages is already on the staging wiki and should be available in the production wiki on monday. We also have some ideas to prevent spam posts - more on this when it's implemented. Fun fact, in case someone wonders: blocking the spammers by username means fighting windmills - they switch user accounts faster than I can block them :-( (yes, I tested this!) Regards, Christian Boltz -- >> Could someone remove this requirement? >I think you have to write a bugzilla. While Villabajo still discusses which medium to use, Villarriba has already submitted 304823. [>> Volker Kuhlmann, > Carlos E. R. and Jan Engelhardt in opensuse- factory] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Wiki is being filled with spam.
by jcsl 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Hi. In the last two or three days a high amount of spam has been added to the wiki. Someone should ban the user and revert all the editions done and files uploaded. The spammer has added a bit of spam in the Spanish wiki too so she may have done the same in other localized wikis. I have blocked the user in the Spanish wiki and reverted his editions. In addition I'd like to know if it is possible to completely remove the user and the editions he has done from the history. Greetings. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Wiki search broken
by Christian Boltz 26 Feb '16

26 Feb '16

Hello, the wiki search is completely broken/down - it results in An error has occurred while searching: HTTP request timed out. Can a wiki server admin please fix this? Regards, Christian Boltz -- Argh, ich wollte heute doch gar nicht mehr siggen! [Michael Hoffmann in dag°] -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+owner(a)opensuse.org

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[opensuse-wiki] Suggested improvement to the Wiki
by Brenton Horne 17 Feb '16

17 Feb '16

Hi, I have been doing a little editing of the openSUSE Wiki and I thought I would ask for the wikEd extension (no link provided as this message was blocked when I included it) to be added to the openSUSE Wiki. It's a gadget that individual users can choose to enable or disable (via their user preferences) for their own use and it provides some text editor features to the Wiki markup-editing interface, most importantly, in my opinion, it provides syntax highlighting for the Wiki markup. Please don't see this as some sort of attack or insult (some people find asking for improvements as either an attack or an insult), I am honestly just asking because I think this would make it easier for editors to contribute to the Wiki. Thanks for your time, Brenton -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+unsubscribe(a)opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-wiki+owner(a)opensuse.org

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