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Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: November 24th, 2017, 1:57 pm
by dvgrn
gameoflifemaniac wrote:Could I be added to the trusted list, please?
Done -- happy Thanksgiving-plus-one!

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: November 29th, 2017, 6:44 am
by Naszvadi
Today's winners (candidates for permanent bans and removals, notice the distance between the IDs):

posts:
http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3165
http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3164
http://conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3163

"users":
http://conwaylife.com/forums/memberlist ... ile&u=1662
http://conwaylife.com/forums/memberlist ... ile&u=1871

Platitudes and one-way communicating cliches are common traps for bots. (This is a platitude, too :) )

So, please remove the above wannabe-bots if they are deserved their fate!

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: November 29th, 2017, 8:10 am
by dvgrn
Naszvadi wrote:Today's winners (candidates for permanent bans and removals, notice the distance between the IDs)
Cleaned up -- thanks.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: January 30th, 2018, 6:12 pm
by Majestas32
Could I be added to the trusted list, please?

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: January 30th, 2018, 7:11 pm
by dvgrn
Majestas32 wrote:Could I be added to the trusted list, please?
Done.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: January 31st, 2018, 3:19 pm
by cordership3
May I be added to the trusted users list? My wiki username is "Cognaso".

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: January 31st, 2018, 4:14 pm
by dvgrn
cordership3 wrote:May I be added to the trusted users list? My wiki username is "Cognaso".
Done.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: February 2nd, 2018, 3:34 pm
by wpolly
Could I be added to the trusted list, please? My wiki username is the same as the forum name.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: February 2nd, 2018, 4:22 pm
by dvgrn
wpolly wrote:Could I be added to the trusted list, please? My wiki username is the same as the forum name.
Done.

Re: Trusted request

Posted: February 16th, 2018, 2:43 pm
by Glider-5517
I request the Trusted flag, with the same username as on the forum.

Re: Trusted request

Posted: February 16th, 2018, 2:50 pm
by dvgrn
Glider-5517 wrote:I request the Trusted flag, with the same username as on the forum.
Done.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: February 28th, 2018, 2:39 am
by Naszvadi

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: February 28th, 2018, 3:30 am
by Micromegas
Please add me to the trusted list. My wiki username is the same as the forum name.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: February 28th, 2018, 5:37 am
by Apple Bottom
Micromegas wrote:Please add me to the trusted list. My wiki username is the same as the forum name.
Done!

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: March 7th, 2018, 4:03 pm
by NoLongerBreathedIn
I'd like to be able to edit pages; my username on the wiki is the same as here.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: March 7th, 2018, 4:38 pm
by Apple Bottom
NoLongerBreathedIn wrote:I'd like to be able to edit pages; my username on the wiki is the same as here.
Done!

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: March 27th, 2018, 8:45 pm
by shouldsee
Intend to elaborate on De Bruijn graph at some point. May I be trusted please?

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: March 27th, 2018, 9:26 pm
by dvgrn
shouldsee wrote:Intend to elaborate on De Bruijn graph at some point. May I be trusted please?
Done!

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: March 29th, 2018, 8:00 pm
by Andrew
Please add me (username Andrew) to the trusted list. I want to fix a few minor things in the Larger_than_Life page. In particular, I'm going to remove all links and references to Golly 3.0b1. Beta versions of Golly should never really be mentioned in the wiki pages. They are only available for temporary download from my website so people can test things out. The versions available from sourceforge are the "true" public releases.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: March 29th, 2018, 8:06 pm
by dvgrn
Done!

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: May 3rd, 2018, 2:33 am
by Naszvadi
Spammer and xer 3+ posts: Hiarech246 (user 1939)

../forums/search.php?author_id=1939&sr=posts

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: May 3rd, 2018, 4:14 am
by 77topaz
Naszvadi wrote:Spammer and xer 3+ posts: Hiarech246 (user 1939)

../forums/search.php?author_id=1939&sr=posts
Yeah, that's the third time this week we've had a user like that.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: May 4th, 2018, 9:29 am
by cordership3
Another spam user (Shipet256, 1 post):
memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=1940
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=3400 (some trash about a sports betting site)
(spam post deleted by dvgrn, spammer banned by name and IP as usual)

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: May 7th, 2018, 1:56 am
by Naszvadi
77topaz wrote:
Naszvadi wrote:Spammer and xer 3+ posts: Hiarech246 (user 1939)

../forums/search.php?author_id=1939&sr=posts
Yeah, that's the third time this week we've had a user like that.
The same spammer in another cloak: Setfree244

3 posts: http://conwaylife.com/forums/search.php ... 4&sr=posts {EDIT:: Deleted posts, updated banlist as usual -- dvgrn}

I wonder if someone could be promoted in order to chat f2f with newcomers before they are allowed to post. Cannot recall if it is a part of the registration process.

Re: Massive spam attacks on the wiki (and forums?)

Posted: May 7th, 2018, 2:47 am
by 77topaz
I think forcing users to "chat f2f" with admins would be excessive, and would just put off prospective real new users more than anything. This particular spammer always uses the same text in their posts - so a filter that blocks messages if they contain (part of) that text ought to do the trick (I've seen that used successfully to stop spam attacks on other phpBB forums).