Disabling File attachments on Wiki

[Vitaliy Margolen]

Please disable file attachments on Wiki. There are no way to verify their
validity and for the past week it's been a constant source of spam.

IMHO file attachment does not belong on text only Wiki. If anyone needs to
attach a patch a two - they can link it to the one in ML archives or even
bugzilla.

Vitaliy.

[Vitaliy Margolen]

Vitaliy Margolen wrote:
> Please disable file attachments on Wiki. There are no way to verify their
> validity and for the past week it's been a constant source of spam.
>
> IMHO file attachment does not belong on text only Wiki. If anyone needs to
> attach a patch a two - they can link it to the one in ML archives or even
> bugzilla.
>
> Vitaliy.

Anyone? Also how about blocking this IP: 213.155.0.32 ?

Vitaliy

[Dimi Paun]

On Wed, 2009-03-11 at 08:02 -0600, Vitaliy Margolen wrote:
> Anyone? Also how about blocking this IP: 213.155.0.32 ?

Not sure how we can block that IP easily. If it has to do
with iptables, forget it.

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

"Vitaliy Margolen"  wrote:
> > Please disable file attachments on Wiki. There are no way to verify their
> > validity and for the past week it's been a constant source of spam.
> >
> > IMHO file attachment does not belong on text only Wiki. If anyone needs to
> > attach a patch a two - they can link it to the one in ML archives or even
> > bugzilla.
> >
> > Vitaliy.
>
> Anyone? Also how about blocking this IP: 213.155.0.32 ?

It would be also helpful to to get all wiki user account list (check it
time from time for suspicious names) and have an ability to delete accounts
of known spammers for Wiki admins. Is it possible?

[Dmitry Timoshkov]

"Dmitry Timoshkov"  wrote:
> It would be also helpful to to get all wiki user account list (check it
> time from time for suspicious names) and have an ability to delete accounts
> of known spammers for Wiki admins. Is it possible?

Another thing that would probably help to get rid of spammers' accounts
is to (regularly) delete all user accounts without a personal page.

[David Gerard]

2009/3/12 Dmitry Timoshkov :
> Another thing that would probably help to get rid of spammers' accounts
> is to (regularly) delete all user accounts without a personal page.

Evidence-based actions would probably be a good idea. What are the
actual numbers?

- d.