Bugs item #1942204, was opened at 2008-04-14 08:49 Message generated for change (Comment added) made by nobody You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=478070&aid=1942204...

Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: pdpedia Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 7 Private: No Submitted By: oli44 (oli44) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: pdpedia Captcha

Initial Comment: Feature request:

is it possible to install a captcha system to avoid pdpedia being spammed so outrageously ?

maybe useful link : http://wiki.seds.org/index.php/MediaWiki:Captcha

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Comment By: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Date: 2008-05-23 02:13

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hmm, the last 10days on pdpedia shows 3 different types of activity: - 3 active contributions - 3 spam removals - 48 spams

luckily only "active (development status)‎" and "Talk:Main Page‎" were hit.

to whom should pdpedia related bugs be assigned?

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Comment By: IOhannes m zmölnig (zmoelnig) Date: 2008-04-16 02:00

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i checked the "recent changes" log now, and i see that the spam is back again :(

to whom should pdpedia related bugs be assigned?

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Comment By: Hans-Christoph Steiner (eighthave) Date: 2008-04-15 10:23

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Any admin can easily delete those junk posts with the 'delete' tab and also protect problem pages. A captcha might help, I haven't seen one for mediawiki before.

Check the "recent changes" log now, and you'll see the spam is gone. :)

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Comment By: IOhannes m zmölnig (zmoelnig) Date: 2008-04-15 00:15

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i agree that pdpedia has lost lots of it's initial charme just because of this: according to the "recent changes" page, of the last 376 changes 361 were garbage.

luckily most of these garbage changes are targeted on few pages (Template:vanilla has 257 changes; Template:jmmmp has 99 changes)

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