Difference between revisions of "CCWiki:Fighting spam"

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There are [[Special:Statistics|15,724 pages]], with between an estimated spam ratio between 30% and 70%.
 
There are [[Special:Statistics|15,724 pages]], with between an estimated spam ratio between 30% and 70%.
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== Recommendations ==
 
== Recommendations ==
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** [http://wiki.yt/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Special%3AVersion&type=signup pet finder] seems to work fairly well
 
** [http://wiki.yt/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Special%3AVersion&type=signup pet finder] seems to work fairly well
 
* run a bot to clean up existing spam
 
* run a bot to clean up existing spam
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** based on picking user names
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** based on keywords in titles and/or articles

Revision as of 00:35, 8 May 2013

Problem: there is way too much spam on this wiki.

There are 15,724 pages, with between an estimated spam ratio between 30% and 70%.


Recommendations

Some recommendations / ideas for fighting spam on this wiki:

  • faster server (for faster manual spam removal)
  • keeping eye on:
  • better captcha?
  • run a bot to clean up existing spam
    • based on picking user names
    • based on keywords in titles and/or articles