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::::When is the soonest time we can get the e-mail confirmation implemented? I checked the block log and realized that we've blocked nearly a thousand spambots- this is becoming an outright emergency that we have to deal with at once. Again, I think we need to start a wiki lockdown until we can get the e-mail confirmation in place, along with a CAPTCHA just to be safe.--[[User:Anothrgamer1234|Anothrgamer1234]] 00:36, 19 August 2012 (MDT) | ::::When is the soonest time we can get the e-mail confirmation implemented? I checked the block log and realized that we've blocked nearly a thousand spambots- this is becoming an outright emergency that we have to deal with at once. Again, I think we need to start a wiki lockdown until we can get the e-mail confirmation in place, along with a CAPTCHA just to be safe.--[[User:Anothrgamer1234|Anothrgamer1234]] 00:36, 19 August 2012 (MDT) | ||
:::::Until the email confirmation and autocomfirmation is implemented into the wiki, user making should be temporarily disabled as the spam attack is not slowing down any time soon. —[[User:RicketyTrigger|RicketyTrigger]] 22:08, 19 August 2012 (MDT) | :::::Until the email confirmation and autocomfirmation is implemented into the wiki, user making should be temporarily disabled as the spam attack is not slowing down any time soon. —[[User:RicketyTrigger|RicketyTrigger]] 22:08, 19 August 2012 (MDT) | ||
::::::It appears that we won't be able to put the lockdown into effect just yet- apparently, RicketyTrigger doesn't have the authority to do it. Maxite installed MediaWiki onto the site, so we should try to contact him as soon as possible so we can stop the endless horde of spambots. By the way, do we have an alternative method if we aren't able to get in touch with Maxite? I'm trying to block all the bots that I can, but more and more of them are getting through now. At this rate, we may need to get a new site. | ::::::It appears that we won't be able to put the lockdown into effect just yet- apparently, RicketyTrigger doesn't have the authority to do it. Maxite installed MediaWiki onto the site, so we should try to contact him as soon as possible so we can stop the endless horde of spambots. By the way, do we have an alternative method if we aren't able to get in touch with Maxite? I'm trying to block all the bots that I can, but more and more of them are getting through now. At this rate, we may need to get a new site. EDIT: We could try restricting the right to create pages to users of Patroller level or above; as the spambots don't edit existing pages, that should effectively neutralize them for now. I also found MediaWiki's manual about how to restrict access to wiki services that might come in handy. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access#Restrict_account_creation (Sorry, I can't seem to remember the correct formatting.)--[[User:Anothrgamer1234|Anothrgamer1234]] 22:24, 21 August 2012 (MDT) | ||
EDIT: We could try restricting the right to create pages to users of Patroller level or above; as the spambots don't edit existing pages, that should effectively neutralize them for now. I also found MediaWiki's manual about how to restrict access to wiki services that might come in handy. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access#Restrict_account_creation (Sorry, I can't seem to remember the correct formatting.)--[[User:Anothrgamer1234|Anothrgamer1234]] 22:24, 21 August 2012 (MDT) | |||
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