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I Love Wiki Spammers
This is now the 3rd wiki I’ve had to shut down this year because they’ve corrupted the entire database. Million-line edits with tens 0f thousands of links. Poof. Gone.
Bye bye ResumeWiki.
I’ll try and breathe life into you over the next few days, but I don’t anticipate much luck.
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about 7 years ago
You had no backups?
about 7 years ago
Ouch. That’s too bad. It looks like a great idea.
about 7 years ago
Is it not a common feature in wikis to have an easy way to revert back to some unspammified version. I think spam and vandalism almost make it impossible to run serious stuff in everybody can edit mode.
about 7 years ago
Jon: Yep, totally normal. Problem is that this last spam attack was so large (literally a million lines) that it crashed the system.
I often have to deal with wiki spam. It’s the worst kind. This is the worst I’ve ever seen.
about 7 years ago
I’ve fallen way behind on getting a wiki up. Now I’m wondering if I should slow down and wait.
I mean, wiki spam I know is bad. I’ve seen wiki spam at Wikipedia.
At SeedWiki, where I was going to start a wiki, I saw so many that looked abandoned.
The Revert Edit, is not always available?
Could you require registration for users to edit, like over at New PR/Wiki of Constantin Basturea?
I know a lot about comment spam, RSS spam, trackback spam, etc., but not much about wiki spam.
How can wiki spam best be prevented?
I’m guessing: via registration with admin approval, including an email confirmation. Edit moderation?
Stopping spambots from invading a wiki, this seems relatively easy, no?