Wiki Defacement

[Alex Beamish]

On 6/12/07, Colin McGregor <colinmc151-bJEeYj9oJeDQT0dZR+AlfA at public.gmane.org> wrote:
>
> --- Robert Brockway <robert-5LEc/6Zm6xCUd8a0hrldnti2O/JbrIOy at public.gmane.org> wrote:
> > On Sun, 10 Jun 2007, Robert Brockway wrote:
> >
> > > 1.  They seem to be doing intelligent test edits
> > to see if we'll notice. Eg,
> > > they changed C to C++ in someone's bio.
> > >
> > > 2.  They are way too slow.  I'm reverting faster
> > than they are adding.
> > > There is no way I could keep up with a bot going
> > full speed.
> >
> > 3.  Because they backoff when I start reverting
> > their edits.
> >
> > They are still active so I hope others are looking
> > at the 'Recent Changes'
> > too.
>
> Well, I've reversed a few changes, Chris has revered a
> few more than me, and Seneca has been playing
> "Whac-a-Mole" with this person (people?).
>
> Sigh, grumble. Any good ideas as to how we let GTALug
> folks edit pages but block out the total @#$%(s) that
> our wiki currently is being hit by?


Are we doing an recording of the IP addresses? Would a temporary block of
some IP address ranges help the situation?

-- 
Alex Beamish
Toronto, Ontario
aka talexb
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