Here are some ideas that may help you with bots registering:
* Require an e-mail. Even if the bot still goes and registers, you
have a contact (hopefully).
* 1.5 w/enotif: E-mail verification
* Log the IP when a user registers/logs in
On 6/23/05, David Gerard <fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au> wrote:
Ed W (lists(a)wildgooses.com) [050623 19:11]:
> I am steadily seeing an increasing number of 6 digit users with wierd
> names like "B79eb7" registering on my site. Who/what is creating these?
Not new.
> If I'm happy to edit the database can someone
talk me through which
> tables reference the user table and how safe it is to delete these if
> they have never made any real edits to any content
It is _highly_ discouraged. However, considering that no one wants a
dozen hex users, I'd say it's ok for this.
I gave a detailed explaination during the previous rash. Search the archives.
Note that while it's fairly straight forward if none of them have done
anything, as soon as they've edited, it gets trickier.
> (Actually does anyone have a script to remove all
users who have never
> edited anything?)
No.
Appears to be an experimental Wikipedia spambot, being
run by someone too
clueless to realise that a tiny wiki will notice whereas Wikipedia probably
wouldn't. Has anyone found anything out about this spambot?
Yes, it's a bot. No, we have no idea who it is. (Not even so much as an IP.)
-- Jamie
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