[OSGeo-Discuss] Hacker on the wiki

[Ari Jolma]

Is there a one-click solution to remove a single e-graffiti like this?

Ari

On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 10:08:54 +0200 Arnulf Christl <arnulf.christl at ccgis.de> 
wrote:

> Frank Warmerdam wrote:
> > Ari Jolma wrote:
> >> Somebody with username Grifferz had inserted a very long list of
> URL's 
> >> to online casinos etc. to http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Main_Page.
> 
> >> The list was not visible at least on Firefox. I edited the crap
> away.
> >>
> >> I have limited experience with wikis. Is this something that we just
> 
> >> have to live with in the future?
> > 
> > Ari,
> > 
> > If this continues to be a problem, we would likely need some sort of
> > approval process for new registrations.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> 
> Hi,
> we can remove "create you own account" functionality any time. Then one
> 
> would have to request for an account and Users with Sysop privileges 
> would have to create them manually. We (sort of) decided (never 
> officially voted) to operate the Wiki completely open. If this does not
> 
> work we will have to take measures.
> 
> As it is, existing users can also be blocked by users with Sysops 
> privileges (currently Frank, me and Benjamin Thelen). Any user can be 
> granted these privileges (or responsibilities) if we need more sysops
> to 
> get the job done.
> 
> User Grifferz did nothing but spam the Wiki as can be seen in the user 
> contribution log:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/Special:Contributions/Grifferz
> and the corresponding page history:
> http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Main_Page&diff=prev&oldid=2760
> 
> which is a good reason to block it (him or her or spambot) from further
> 
> editing. If it objects, it can protest on the discuss mailing list. If 
> it is a spambot it will have trouble writing an email though.
> 
> Users can be blocked for these stretches of time:
> 2 h
> 1 day
> 3 day
> 1 week
> 1 weeks
> 1 month
> 3 months
> 6 months
> 1 year
> infinite
> 
> In my role as WikiSysop I blocked user Grifferz for one week now (I 
> never ever did this before, this is unprecedented).
> 
> Best, Arnulf.
> 
> 
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Prof. Ari Jolma
Kartografia ja Geoinformatiikka / Cartography and Geoinformatics
Teknillinen Korkeakoulu / Helsinki University of Technology
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Email: ari.jolma at tkk.fi URL: http://www.tkk.fi/~jolma