[Bioperl-l] bioperl wiki spam

[Hilmar Lapp]

On Mar 14, 2011, at 11:01 PM, Chris Fields wrote:

> Okay, we have bioperl.org set up to use OpenID, works well:

Seems to work mostly - there seems to be some odd small problem with  
ClaimID: typing in my username leads to an OpenID error, whereas  
entering my full ClaimID OpenID works.  Not sure why that would be.

Any chance this can be enabled for BioSQL too (and accordingly account  
creation disabled there, too)?

	-hilmar

>
>
> http://www.bioperl.org/wiki/Special:OpenIDLogin
>
> I have also temporarily shut down new user account creation (new  
> users must now use OpenID); old users can still use the login, but  
> they can also tie their account to an OpenID.  Let's see if it cuts  
> down on the spam.
>
> chris
>
> On Mar 14, 2011, at 1:48 PM, Hilmar Lapp wrote:
>
>> Any update on the OpenID extension?
>>
>> 	-hilmar
>>
>> On Mar 14, 2011, at 2:25 PM, Chris Fields wrote:
>>
>>> On use of Recaptcha: according to the ConfirmEdit page (http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit 
>>> ):
>>>
>>> "Unfortunately, reCAPTCHA might be a victim of its own success -  
>>> as of 2011, some spammers appear to have figured out a way to  
>>> bypass it, either through character recognition or by using  
>>> humans. For that reason, it is not necessarily recommended."
>>>
>>> I agree about the barrier to entry issue, but unfortunately with  
>>> the wiki we're facing a reality check re: spam attacks.  We can  
>>> probably set up a new group for users that allows account  
>>> approval, though, which might alleviate the process somewhat.
>>>
>>> chris
>>>
>>> On Mar 14, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Scott Cain wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Chris,
>>>>
>>>> The GMOD wiki has been getting hit similarly.  I've been thinking
>>>> about the "vampire" model that EcoliWiki uses: once you have an
>>>> account, you have the ability to approve other people's  
>>>> accounts.  The
>>>> hope being to distribute the load.  I'm not thrilled about it  
>>>> though:
>>>> I want the barrier to entry to be as low as possible.  We already  
>>>> make
>>>> it so that you have to have an account to edit, passing a  
>>>> recaptcha on
>>>> the way.  Apparently that barrier is already a little too low :-/
>>>>
>>>> Scott
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:44 PM, Chris Fields <cjfields at illinois.edu 
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>> All,
>>>>>
>>>>> We have been getting inundated on the wiki with spam lately.  In  
>>>>> order to get on top of this, I'm thinking about having the wiki  
>>>>> set up so wiki admins approve new user accounts, using the  
>>>>> ConfirmAccount plugin:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmAccount
>>>>>
>>>>> I wanted to get everyone's opinion on this prior to enforcing  
>>>>> it.  The queue is pretty configurable, and one can set this to  
>>>>> auto-delete old requests.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> chris
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>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> Scott Cain, Ph. D.                                   scott at  
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>>>> GMOD Coordinator (http://gmod.org/)                      
>>>> 216-392-3087
>>>> Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
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