On 6/12/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Colin McGregor</b> <<a href="mailto:colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org">colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
--- Robert Brockway <<a href="mailto:robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org">robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy@public.gmane.org</a>> wrote:<br>> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Robert Brockway wrote:<br>><br>> > 1. They seem to be doing intelligent test edits
<br>> to see if we'll notice. Eg,<br>> > they changed C to C++ in someone's bio.<br>> ><br>> > 2. They are way too slow. I'm reverting faster<br>> than they are adding.<br>> > There is no way I could keep up with a bot going
<br>> full speed.<br>><br>> 3. Because they backoff when I start reverting<br>> their edits.<br>><br>> They are still active so I hope others are looking<br>> at the 'Recent Changes'<br>> too.
<br><br>Well, I've reversed a few changes, Chris has revered a<br>few more than me, and Seneca has been playing<br>"Whac-a-Mole" with this person (people?).<br><br>Sigh, grumble. Any good ideas as to how we let GTALug
<br>folks edit pages but block out the total @#$%(s) that<br>our wiki currently is being hit by?</blockquote><div><br></div></div>Are we doing an recording of the IP addresses? Would a temporary block of some IP address ranges help the situation?
<br><br>-- <br>Alex Beamish<br>Toronto, Ontario<br>aka talexb