Comments on: I Love Wiki Spammers

By: Steven Streight aka Vaspers the Grate

Steven Streight aka Vaspers the Grate — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 17:55:08 +0000

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?

By: Jeremy C. Wright

Jeremy C. Wright — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 14:40:44 +0000

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.

By: Jon Berg

Jon Berg — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 13:43:12 +0000

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.

By: stillwaters

stillwaters — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 08:49:11 +0000

Ouch. That’s too bad. It looks like a great idea.

By: Nathan Wong

Nathan Wong — Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:57:29 +0000

You had no backups?