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::::::::Very well; we'll just have to hope he logs on soon, because it looks like he's the only one who can fix this mess; unfortunately, it's been so long since he was last on that I'm beginning to think he might have become completely inactive. I don't think that's the case, but if it is we'll need to find a new Technical Director. At any rate, it looks like we'll need to implement a CAPTCHA alongside the e-mail confirmation, as some spambots are able to circumvent the latter by supplying a legitimate "throwaway" e-mail address and confirming their accounts from there. There was a thread on the NIWA forums that had a solution for that, so we should use that as well. (Incidentally, my request for help on the NIWA forums has not been answered yet, but hopefully a response will come eventually.) Until then, we'll have to keep doing as much as we can.--[[User:Anothrgamer1234|Anothrgamer1234]] 17:29, 22 August 2012 (MDT) | ::::::::Very well; we'll just have to hope he logs on soon, because it looks like he's the only one who can fix this mess; unfortunately, it's been so long since he was last on that I'm beginning to think he might have become completely inactive. I don't think that's the case, but if it is we'll need to find a new Technical Director. At any rate, it looks like we'll need to implement a CAPTCHA alongside the e-mail confirmation, as some spambots are able to circumvent the latter by supplying a legitimate "throwaway" e-mail address and confirming their accounts from there. There was a thread on the NIWA forums that had a solution for that, so we should use that as well. (Incidentally, my request for help on the NIWA forums has not been answered yet, but hopefully a response will come eventually.) Until then, we'll have to keep doing as much as we can.--[[User:Anothrgamer1234|Anothrgamer1234]] 17:29, 22 August 2012 (MDT) | ||
:::::::::Well F-Zero Wiki gets the same spambots, and they aren't smart enough to make email accounts. [[User:ToastUltimatum|<font color="ff8c00">'''Toast'''</font>]] [[File:Wii U U.png|17px|link=Special:Contributions/ToastUltimatum]][[User talk:ToastUltimatum|<font color="01a3c4">'''ltimatum'''</font>]][[File:Swadloon.png|26px]] 17:58, 22 August 2012 (MDT) | :::::::::Well F-Zero Wiki gets the same spambots, and they aren't smart enough to make email accounts. [[User:ToastUltimatum|<font color="ff8c00">'''Toast'''</font>]] [[File:Wii U U.png|17px|link=Special:Contributions/ToastUltimatum]][[User talk:ToastUltimatum|<font color="01a3c4">'''ltimatum'''</font>]][[File:Swadloon.png|26px]] 17:58, 22 August 2012 (MDT) | ||
:::::::::I just looked over there- they're definitely the same ones that we have. (I noticed that they started spamming over there at the same time as they started here. That seems a bit fishy if you ask me. Perhaps the attacks are being coordinated?) I did notice one thing, though- F-Zero Wiki appears to be able to ban IP addresses as well as users. Is there a way for us to do that as well? It may not be much help, but we need every opportunity to fight back that we can get. I'm no coding expert, but I'll try to keep an eye open for any other ways we can stop these spambots--[[User:Anothrgamer1234|Anothrgamer1234]] 20:11, 22 August 2012 (MDT) | |||
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