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== Vandalism == |
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Given the current spate of vandalism, and the surprisingly long list of [http://www.riscos.info/index.php?title=Special:Listusers&limit=500&offset=0 | dodgy-looking users] that seems to be growing as I write - 155 users at 22:57 11/04/2007 had grown to 156 in the time it took me to write this - may I suggest some of the following measures, to be implemented as a matter of urgency: |
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* Pre-emptive blocking of suspicious users. Are older user lists available so we can filter out the newly-added suspect ones? |
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* Edit the login and/or new user pages to thwart/confuse bots - rename the fields or something, or move the page. |
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* Add a field to the login system only a human could understand and enter correctly. e.g. 'Please enter Peter Naulls' initials.' |
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* Consider temporarily suspending new accounts. |
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[[User:Simon Smith|Simon Smith]] 01:02, 12 Apr 2007 (BST) |
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I think some sort of bot-trap on the create users page is the most obvious and sensible, such as a graphical check e.g: "Enter the letters in the graphic below". There is probably also a mediawiki system in place to do it, but 2330 is not the time to start hunting, I feel. |
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I haven't checked, but I believe each 'dodgy user' is only performing one edit, so it does seem to be a system that can be stopped at the login page. |
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Another option is to moderate who becomes a user, but this would be frustrating from the viewpoint of a genuine new user who really wants to make the changes then and there.[[User:Jymbob|Jymbob]] 01:59, 12 Apr 2007 (BST) |
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== CAPTCHA login information == |
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found here: http://wiki.seds.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Captcha |
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I recommend this being implemented as soon as possible, and would be happy to do it and test it, given FTP access, but I understand if that's not wanted. |
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[[User:Jymbob|Jymbob]] 16:03, 12 Apr 2007 (BST) |
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