Hello List,
Apparently, I have been notified of changes to wiki pages constantly by some unknown / unregistered usernames who don't seem to change anything on the page (according to the page history).
Does this indicate that there are hidden bots attacking the wiki or is it simply something else that I am unaware of?
Any wikipedian (on this list) aware of what it could be? What could be done to solve it?
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Roshan wrote:
Apparently, I have been notified of changes to wiki pages constantly by some unknown / unregistered usernames who don't seem to change anything on the page (according to the page history). Does this indicate that there are hidden bots attacking the wiki or is it simply something else that I am unaware of? Any wikipedian (on this list) aware of what it could be? What could be done to solve it?
That kind of activity is usually spamming of the wiki with links. On the 28th of March, I blocked three userids for such activity. This happens quite frequently.
On 11-Apr-07, at 6:28 PM, Vivek J. Patankar wrote:
Any wikipedian (on this list) aware of what it could be? What could be done to solve it?
That kind of activity is usually spamming of the wiki with links. On the 28th of March, I blocked three userids for such activity. This happens quite frequently.
they hide the links so it doesnt show unless the page is opened for edit
On 4/11/07, Roshan d_rosh2001@yahoo.co.in wrote:
Apparently, I have been notified of changes to wiki pages constantly by some unknown / unregistered usernames who don't seem to change anything on the page (according to the page history).
I too got a notification of the desktop linux article being 'added' and when I went on to the wiki to monitor the changes, there were none at all.