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== Spammer? == |
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== Automating infrastructure == |
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I suspect (on the basis of what you removed earlier from [[Category talk:Programming Tasks]]) that [[User:Rkcy81]] is a spammer. Fits the pattern. You might want to take action sooner rather than later. –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 13:16, 16 February 2010 (UTC) |
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Concerning [[User_talk:Underscore#Automating infrastructure|what we talked about before]]: I haven't been keeping up with recent changes very well lately, so when you write that village-pump post, please leave me a message on my talk page or send me an email. —[[User:Underscore|Underscore]] ([[User talk:Underscore|Talk]]) 12:46, 17 February 2010 (UTC) |
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: The username and edit fit the patterns I've seen before, but creating an account requires human intervention, due to the CAPTCHA. It's easy enough to revert all of a user's edits, if necessary. I'm going to hold off for a bit. I've got an idea for how to allow someone with privilege adjustment permissions to force a suspect account to service CAPTCHA requests for each edit, and that might be a better solution in the long run. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 13:57, 16 February 2010 (UTC) |
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== Spammer? == |
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Content of http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Rosetta_Code_talk:Village_Pump looks spammy, like a test run for blog spam. Particularly telling is the fact that the author hasn't contributed anything else. You might want to just revert things back there and have a think about whether some other form of block should be applied… –[[User:Dkf|Donal Fellows]] 12:16, 10 June 2010 (UTC) |
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: I'll take a wait-and-see approach. Individual users can be mass-rolled-back if necessary. I can see about re-enabling CAPTCHAs for all non-logged-in, but I ''really'' don't have the time right now to deal with anything short of an emergency situation. --[[User:Short Circuit|Michael Mol]] 13:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC) |
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Latest revision as of 18:27, 24 August 2022
Spammer?
I suspect (on the basis of what you removed earlier from Category talk:Programming Tasks) that User:Rkcy81 is a spammer. Fits the pattern. You might want to take action sooner rather than later. –Donal Fellows 13:16, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
- The username and edit fit the patterns I've seen before, but creating an account requires human intervention, due to the CAPTCHA. It's easy enough to revert all of a user's edits, if necessary. I'm going to hold off for a bit. I've got an idea for how to allow someone with privilege adjustment permissions to force a suspect account to service CAPTCHA requests for each edit, and that might be a better solution in the long run. --Michael Mol 13:57, 16 February 2010 (UTC)
Spammer?
Content of http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Rosetta_Code_talk:Village_Pump looks spammy, like a test run for blog spam. Particularly telling is the fact that the author hasn't contributed anything else. You might want to just revert things back there and have a think about whether some other form of block should be applied… –Donal Fellows 12:16, 10 June 2010 (UTC)
- I'll take a wait-and-see approach. Individual users can be mass-rolled-back if necessary. I can see about re-enabling CAPTCHAs for all non-logged-in, but I really don't have the time right now to deal with anything short of an emergency situation. --Michael Mol 13:40, 10 June 2010 (UTC)