[Foundation-l] Autocreated global accounts (was: [Wikitech-l]$wgCentralAuthAutoNew=true)

[Aphaia]

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 at 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 at inbox.org> wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Huib Laurens <sterkebak at 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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