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Uploading Program files
How can I upload program files for others to download? I've tried the "upload File" link, but is this only for images? Please Help :o) Clemmensen 04:35, 20 August 2007 (CDT)
Category:People
I started added the characters to Category:People because it is on the main page when I realized that there is also a Category:PeopleFictional. Since I'm sure nobody wants two identical categories, which one should we use? My vote goes to People because it's shorter and easier to find. Scaletail 14:58, 25 March 2007 (CDT)
- I vote for People as well. Nicjansma 11:40, 26 March 2007 (CDT)
Spammer
- I just recently had to fix the Board Game page from a spammer, IP is 202.212.58.10 in case you want to block or take whatever action you need to.--CJKeys 11:11, 6 November 2006 (CST)
- Thanks CJKeys. I think I'll try to implement a captcha system for new changes that include outside URLs like wikia.com does. Nicjansma 15:32, 6 November 2006 (CST)
- Had to fix it the Board Game page again, the IP for the spammer this time was 200.31.148.46. I dont know if you can block IPs but I thought I would let you know it happened again. Thanks.--CJKeys 00:24, 8 November 2006 (CST)
- Also, thanks, CJ. I blocked both IPs for 3 months. --Revanche (admin) 01:10, 8 November 2006 (CST)
- This looks like a minor annoying problem right now, but I could see it getting worse. Should I spend time investigating captcha for external links in edits? Nicjansma 21:42, 21 November 2006 (CST)
- I had to look the term up, since its the second time you've suggested this. How would you envision it working? Would everytime someone made an edit, they'd have to translate the image? Or, would we limit wiki editing only to registered users, who had to pass this test to register? The latter would be preferable to me. --Revanche (admin) 00:17, 22 November 2006 (CST)
- Well I still want to allow anonymous edits. The captcha prompt would only occur if 1) The user was not logged in (not registered) AND 2) they posted an edit with an external link. This would avoid 90% of the 'referral spam' that spambots want. It wouldn't block vandalism, but we're only trying to curb spam-bots with captcha.
- I like it. It is not restrictive for 95% of any edits, as how many times will an unregistered user seek to post links? Is this something you think you can turn on? --Revanche (admin) 10:21, 22 November 2006 (CST)
- There may even be a way to get around needing that. The nastiest stuff is usually the div style="display: none" and similar crap that adbots love to toss around. You can also try setting a spam blocking RegEx similar to the one Wikipedia uses. It's one of the settings that is heavily documented on either Meta or MediaWiki.org. --Xoid 11:49, 22 November 2006 (CST)
- I like it. It is not restrictive for 95% of any edits, as how many times will an unregistered user seek to post links? Is this something you think you can turn on? --Revanche (admin) 10:21, 22 November 2006 (CST)
- Well I still want to allow anonymous edits. The captcha prompt would only occur if 1) The user was not logged in (not registered) AND 2) they posted an edit with an external link. This would avoid 90% of the 'referral spam' that spambots want. It wouldn't block vandalism, but we're only trying to curb spam-bots with captcha.
- I had to look the term up, since its the second time you've suggested this. How would you envision it working? Would everytime someone made an edit, they'd have to translate the image? Or, would we limit wiki editing only to registered users, who had to pass this test to register? The latter would be preferable to me. --Revanche (admin) 00:17, 22 November 2006 (CST)
- This looks like a minor annoying problem right now, but I could see it getting worse. Should I spend time investigating captcha for external links in edits? Nicjansma 21:42, 21 November 2006 (CST)
- Also, thanks, CJ. I blocked both IPs for 3 months. --Revanche (admin) 01:10, 8 November 2006 (CST)
- Had to fix it the Board Game page again, the IP for the spammer this time was 200.31.148.46. I dont know if you can block IPs but I thought I would let you know it happened again. Thanks.--CJKeys 00:24, 8 November 2006 (CST)
- Thanks CJKeys. I think I'll try to implement a captcha system for new changes that include outside URLs like wikia.com does. Nicjansma 15:32, 6 November 2006 (CST)
- Some spammer just created this new article Board Game/. Can an admin please send in a few Stars of Elementals for a housecleaning mission? --Basara 15:04, 10 February 2007 (CST)
I've added a captcha system for BTW to combat SPAM. It will be triggered under the following conditions: Nicjansma 18:39, 14 February 2007 (CST)
- New account creation or
- Editing an article under all the following circumstances:
- The article contains a new link to an external website
- The user is not logged in
- The external link is not to wikipedia.org or mediawiki.org
I hope this will be agreeable and adequate. Logged in users will never see the captcha, nor will anonymous users see it unless they post an external link. Nicjansma 18:39, 14 February 2007 (CST)
- Thank you! It was starting to get bad in the last few days. --Revanche (talk|contribs) 19:21, 14 February 2007 (CST)
- Bad? This was nothing. When you are reverting five adbots, all of which are active at the same time, while you're on your own, and all of them use a myriad of proxies and sign up under new usernames… these bots haven't even started the long road to being annoying… they're not even hiding their garbage with non-displaying