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  1. limey

    limey Intrepid Member

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    Having mentioned the wiki earlier in the day, I decided to go and have another poke around. Frustratingly, I couldn't immediately remember what the URL was (how about having it as a sticky in the forums?), so I hit google. The 1st relevant google link took me to http://assemblergames.com/wiki/dogatemysnes/pmwiki.php?n=Topics.SNES-CD-ROM

    Looks like the top of that page has had loads of spam links inserted. :rolleyes:

    I thought about just deleting it myself (since it's a wiki), but I thought it might be better to comment here first, in case the admins can figure out the culprit & block 'em or something. (Plus I'm dog tired & would probably mess it up more...)
     
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  2. karsten

    karsten Member of The Cult Of Kefka

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    it's well known :( sadly that page was my work too...

    anyway in wikis nothing is lost
     
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    madhatter256 Illustrious Member

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    That's how I got my current signature...
     
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  4. limey

    limey Intrepid Member

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    You know, I'd always been wondering about that sig... :lol:
     
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  5. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    I'm glad you cleaned it up. I'll have to keep an eye for spam there too... damn spammers LOVE us.
     
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  6. fluffstorm

    fluffstorm Active Member

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    Is anyone maintaining the wiki anymore? I looked at it recently and it seems to have been mostly destroyed by spam.
     
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  7. babu

    babu Mamihlapinatapai

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    Fixed (I think ^_^). What the morons who spam a wiki don't seem to get is that all it takes to remove their spam is to click on history, find the last edit before there spam click restore.
     
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  8. fluffstorm

    fluffstorm Active Member

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    Adding a captcha for unregistered users might be a good idea
     
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    FirestarterCL Lurker

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    I restored the main page once, but within a couple hours it had already been re-spammed about 10 times. They're just too quick. :DOH:
     
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  10. fluffstorm

    fluffstorm Active Member

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    There are a lot of bots that just attack default setups of popular software. Usually changing the default is enough to stop it.
     
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  11. Tachikoma

    Tachikoma Officer at Arms

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    I restored the front page and within 30 seconds it had been spammed again. I say lock it down completely.
     
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  12. Dot50Cal

    Dot50Cal Moderator

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    Yeah lock it down, its spammed again.
     
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    devzone Robust Member

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    full of nasty porn links :(
     
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    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    Damn, I'll have to password it.
     
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    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    I am upgrading to new version, the wiki was hacked. All of my edits were instantly changed by a botnet or something.. I have password protected all editing.. let you know if it works once I am done.
     
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  16. ASSEMbler

    ASSEMbler Administrator Staff Member

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    I backed up the wiki, and deleted the server side copy. It was completely
    fucked up, plus I wish I had never used PMwiki in the fist place.

    I would like to make the wiki a subdomain, like wiki.assemblergames.com.
    It seems more organized that way anyway.

    Anyone prefer a certain wiki type?

    Once it's decided upon, I'd like to set it up with a few
    volunteers if possible.
     
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  17. fluffstorm

    fluffstorm Active Member

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    MediaWiki works nicely
     
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    babu Mamihlapinatapai

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    second. that what we use at work.
    as this is a public wiki just make sure ta add something like captcha for registering.
     
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  19. Tachikoma

    Tachikoma Officer at Arms

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    Captcha has been defeated for ages, not a lot of point, just stops the cheap spambots.
     
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    phate Enthusiastic Member

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    dokuwiki is nice and simple, but may still suffer the same fate. I'd go with mediawiki or PHPwiki.

    If your looking for someone to maintain the wiki I be happy to volunteer. :icon_bigg
     
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