Hello,
I have about 40-50 users that I think are auto registration or a search bot. They have names like 06995fhttp://sportscardpedia.org/index.php?title=User:06995f&action=edit. My wiki is about 3 weeks old. Anyone have any insight?
Crit
That user hasn't edited anything... but it certainly looks suspicious. Just watch for edits and incorporate spam protection.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Crit Van Tuyl" critster@gmail.com To: mediawiki-l@Wikimedia.org Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2005 11:33 AM Subject: [Mediawiki-l] bogus users
Hello,
I have about 40-50 users that I think are auto registration or a search bot. They have names like 06995fhttp://sportscardpedia.org/index.php?title=User:06995f&action=edit. My wiki is about 3 weeks old. Anyone have any insight?
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Wow. http://sportscardpedia.org/index.php/Special:Listusers
Does creating users count as spamming?
I guess the most you can do is label them a BOT.
Under 1.5, you could also revoke their privledges through SQL.
On 5/25/05, Crit Van Tuyl critster@gmail.com wrote:
Hello,
I have about 40-50 users that I think are auto registration or a search bot. They have names like 06995fhttp://sportscardpedia.org/index.php?title=User:06995f&action=edit. My wiki is about 3 weeks old. Anyone have any insight?
Crit
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