When such usernames are spotted, please report them to
stewards on
#wikimedia-stewards, so we can lock & hide the accounts.
2008/9/11 Phil Nash <pn007a2145(a)blueyonder.co.uk>
Aphaia wrote:
> Small wikis are now spammed with unacceptable
usernames which contain
> libelous messages. Is it an option to block the IP addresses behind
> those vandals not to create an account anymore?
Tricky if they're on floating IPs; I've seen a few autocreations on en:wiki
that are offensive when you run them through Google translation, and
blocked
them there- but I think it's in the nature of SUL that these users will not
edit on every wiki, and to try and weed these accounts out is impractical.
If they are going to cause trouble on a non-native wiki, they will be
spotted soon enough.
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 7:17 AM, Anthony <wikimail(a)inbox.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Huib Laurens <sterkebak(a)gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> So a vandal has to make one account en can spam on all wiki's?
>
>
> No, there's no need for them to make an account first.
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