Hi Marc, On Sat, 13 Oct 2007 10:28:35 -0400 Marc Feeley <feeley@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
The Gambit wiki has regularly been the target of some random vandalism. Yesterday we hit a new high with over a dozen vandalized pages. I don't know what to think. Is someone getting any enjoyment out of this? Is it the result of some robot? In any case I can't continue wasting time repairing the vandalism. Anyone have a suggestion on how to deal with this?
We had this problem with the Chicken Wiki (http://chicken.wiki.br) too. We could get rid of spammer by adopting some simple restrictions: 1. each page has a basic arithmetic question (e.g., 2 + 3) which has to be correctly answered before the changes are saved. 2. the index page, which is the main target for spammers, requires authentication (user & passwd). The Chicken Wiki uses Svnwiki (http://wiki.freaks-unidos.net/svnwiki).
From what we could notice, most (if not all) attacks against the Chicken Wiki were not result of robots. They were made by humans.
Best wishes, Mario