It is now systematically done on jawiki*; offensive user names are created in one of jawiki* and then spammed to other wikis. First it was spammed jawiki* alone. Now enwiki* are also targeted toolserver said.
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 6:50 AM, Phil Nash pn007a2145@blueyonder.co.uk wrote:
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@inbox.org wrote:
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Huib Laurens sterkebak@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. _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
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