Re: [Balloon] Spurious entries in the Wiki

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Author: Jim Rayner
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To: balloon
Old-Topics: Re: [Balloon] Spurious entries in the Wiki
Subject: Re: [Balloon] Spurious entries in the Wiki
Hi Wookey, Neil, Hector,

Just a quick mention that a few more spurious entries have appeared in the
Balloon wiki.

online poker
international internships
CitiCards-ExamineEssentially the mostCurrent Citibank Cards
wedding invitation

Detected via the recent changes RSS feed

Jim



On 29 March 2011 15:20, Wookey <> wrote:

> +++ Wookey [2011-03-15 21:20 +0000]:
> > +++ Jim Rayner [2011-03-15 20:26 +0000]:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > This is a quick note that there appear to be a few spurious entries
> turning up
> > > on the Balloon wiki.
> > >
> <snip>
> > >
> > > Not being an particularly knowledgeable Wiki user, can the MoinMoin
> Wiki be
> > > locked down further to prevent these additions?
> >
> > It already has been once. Looks like they've got smarter. Damn. It's
> > been working perfectly for 2 years.
>
> OK. I changed the one question that had a 'yes/no' answer to something
> else, and binned the existing spammer accounts (a week or so ago) and
> that seems to have prevented further defacement, but it may just be a
> matter of time. Everyone keep an eye on the 'recentchanges' button so
> we find out quickly when we get spammed. I've added Neil and Hector to
> full admin status too so they can nuke spam and spammers easily.
>
> Wookey
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