Webware for Python

> The Webware Wiki is currently in a very desolate state due to some 
> Chinese Wiki spammers.
> Some users have tried to remove the spam manually, but that seems to be 
> even more difficult than Sysiphus' task.
> I would help if some trusted users would be given the possibility to 
> delete the spammers' Wiki accounts, place their IP addresses on a 
> blacklist and rollback all changes made with these accounts.
> ...
> Also, in the registration some sort of "captcha" might help that only 
> people with some Python knowledge can pass.

With the help of Ian, I have now revamped the Webware Wiki. All spam 
sjhould be removed, and everything mentioned above is now implemented, 
except the blacklists. Administrators can now very easily rollback 
changes and remove abused user accounts, and there is a simple captcha 
when you create an account. If this will not suffice, I will also 
implement blacklists.

I was baffled to see how unapologetic egoistic these Chinese spammers 
use Wikis like ours in order to do their marketing. One of them was 
trading with packing machines, he did not even mind to use his real 
email address for registration as a user.

I hope the Wiki has become a more enjoyable place now...

-- Christoph

On 9/17/05, Christoph Zwerschke <cito@...> wrote:
> > The Webware Wiki is currently in a very desolate state due to some
> > Chinese Wiki spammers.
> > Some users have tried to remove the spam manually, but that seems to be
> > even more difficult than Sysiphus' task.
> > I would help if some trusted users would be given the possibility to
> > delete the spammers' Wiki accounts, place their IP addresses on a
> > blacklist and rollback all changes made with these accounts.
> > ...
> > Also, in the registration some sort of "captcha" might help that only
> > people with some Python knowledge can pass.
>=20
> With the help of Ian, I have now revamped the Webware Wiki. All spam
> sjhould be removed, and everything mentioned above is now implemented,
> except the blacklists. Administrators can now very easily rollback
> changes and remove abused user accounts, and there is a simple captcha
> when you create an account. If this will not suffice, I will also
> implement blacklists.
>=20
> I was baffled to see how unapologetic egoistic these Chinese spammers
> use Wikis like ours in order to do their marketing. One of them was
> trading with packing machines, he did not even mind to use his real
> email address for registration as a user.
>=20
> I hope the Wiki has become a more enjoyable place now...

Thanks to you and Ian for fixing this,

-Chuck