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[RFC] Spam on the glibc wiki.
- From: Carlos O'Donell <carlos_odonell at mentor dot com>
- To: libc-alpha <libc-alpha at sourceware dot org>
- Cc: "Schwinge, Thomas" <Thomas_Schwinge at mentor dot com>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:46:01 -0400
- Subject: [RFC] Spam on the glibc wiki.
Community,
We are receiving a lot of spam on our wiki. For example over the
past 30 days we have deleted 216 new spam pages, that's 7.2 spam
pages per day and it shows no sign of stopping.
My guess is that they are using automated tools with rate limiting
to prevent themselves from being removed. They use unique names
and the text of the spam varies wildly and changes frequently.
Thomas and myself have been deleting it manually as it arrives
since humans are good at spotting the difference between
"Real-World Secrets Throughout party powder About the UK" and
"If you are modifying a locale, make sure it still compiles." :-)
Personally I'm getting tired of my task as human spam filter and
so is Thomas.
I'm looking for any recommendations on how to shut out the spammers
from the wiki.
Comments?
Cheers,
Carlos.
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Carlos O'Donell
Mentor Graphics / CodeSourcery
carlos_odonell@mentor.com
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