Re: [Phpwiki-talk] Help... Please...

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

2006/4/6, Robert Croson, Jr <ro...@ar...>:
> My Wiki is getting buried in spam. I am currently running 1.3.10.
>
> The spammers overwrite the complete page with a massive block of spam wit=
h
> several hundred links. In the Admin pages, the page is listed like this:
>
>   CalendarPlugin/2010-02-01   April 4, 2006 3:50 pm   deleted   18.2 k   =
0
>
> The last author is actually listed as "deleted".
>
> I have been manually reverting pages, but it is becoming an almost daily
> occurrence. And the old spammy page revision still shows up in Page Histo=
ry,
> too.
>
> I am banning IP addresses, but that is essentially pointless.
>
> I have tried upgrading to 1.3.11, but it doesn't work. The wiki shows up =
blank. I
> even tried installing a new Wiki using 1.3.11, but the same thing happens=
.
>
> Is there some way to deny edits from anyone using the username of "delete=
d"?

> Is there any way to fight this other than closing the Wiki to anonymous e=
dits?

Yes, Upgrading to the latest release.

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