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| Main - ROM Hacking - Speaking of Data Crystal... | New thread | New reply |
| drjayphd |
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 Cheep-cheep Level: 32 Posts: 129/181 EXP: 192903 Next: 13539 Since: 02-20-07 Last post: 6097 days Last view: 2885 days |
It seems a few unregistered users have spammed the living shit out of the site. Since I don't feel like combing through and undoing it all, anyone know if there's a way to protect them from that sort of vandalism, or just hope someone gets around to reverting?
Good thing is they're not overwriting anything, just pasting a shitload of properly-formatted links at the beginning.  |
| Koolboyman |
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 Shyguy Level: 22 Posts: 29/81 EXP: 57267 Next: 1083 Since: 06-04-07 Last post: 5903 days Last view: 2481 days |
Yeah, I cleaned up the spam there a long time ago, seems they're still at it. Fucking pathetic when you have to advertise on a Wiki. Looks like I have to do it again... bastards. Who gives a shit what they are selling anyways? ____________________ Pokemon Prism |
| Darkdata |
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 Mole Level: 43 Posts: 334/366 EXP: 554723 Next: 10323 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
Last post: 6125 days Last view: 6124 days |
It's more likely bots than anything else, they really should disable editing for unregested users, or have more sysops protecting the wiki. ____________________  |
| Drag |
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 Spike Dragon Level: 57 Posts: 614/705 EXP: 1482989 Next: 2939 Since: 02-19-07 From: 
Last post: 3928 days Last view: 3928 days |
Posted by Darkdata I was about to say the same thing. It looks EXACTLY like spambots. Spambots don't know what they're submitting. They just fill in the fields and click submit. If anything, a CAPTCHA would help.  ____________________  |
| P.JBoy |
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 Octorok Level: 14 Posts: 15/28 EXP: 11701 Next: 1370 Since: 03-29-07 From: England's house Last post: 5507 days Last view: 5507 days |
Posted by drjayphd Same times they do overwrite them actually. I had reverted them like, for 5 days until they made them edit ~20 pages at a time. There is no reason that you shoudn't just have to log-in to edit articles though. It's not even that hard to protect against either. Especially since they write the same thing each and every time ____________________ #jzd, the unofficial metroid hacking team " |
| kuja killer |
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Level: 55 Posts: 13/628 EXP: 1243888 Next: 70301 Since: 03-20-07 From: Lake Havasu City, Arizona Last post: 282 days Last view: 7 days |
I think it's totally ridiculous....
Seeing nothing but spam all the time is making me actually AVOID looking at that website anymore.  |
| Higsby |
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 Pokey Level: 57 Posts: 664/681 EXP: 1407832 Next: 78096 Since: 02-19-07 From: Canada Last post: 6119 days Last view: 5914 days |
Posted by kuja killer I know that something like that isn't really good for a website's reputation but not going to a website anymore because of something that wasn't even their fault seems dumb IMO. Hopefully they will have it cleared up soon. |
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 Yellow Stalfos Level: 71 Posts: 2/1145 EXP: 3035829 Next: 131285 Since: 07-06-07 From: Québec Last post: 3627 days Last view: 2879 days |
Can we block specific IPs, then? |
| AJ 187 |
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 Goomba Level: 13 Posts: 18/23 EXP: 8668 Next: 1599 Since: 05-31-07 From: Chicago Last post: 6119 days Last view: 6103 days |
It's possible but you'd need to install a plugin called Espionage if the spammers start registering.
I've mirrored it at http://www.ajworld.net/MW_espionage.zip. Throw it in the MediaWiki extensions directory, then add the following lines to your LocalSettings.php: ------------------------ require_once( "$IP/extensions/Userip.php" ); $wgPutIPinRC = true; ------------------------ Might wanna check for a more updated version elsewhere, but it seems to work fine on my wiki. |
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 Paragoomba Level: 20 Posts: 62/66 EXP: 42415 Next: 24 Since: 03-09-07 Last post: 6119 days Last view: 6111 days |
I've liked Datacrystal too. Those spambots are way out of control tho. It is kinda discoraging against wanting to view the latest edits to the site cause it's often spam rather than anything useful. |
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