Michael Goldshteyn wrote:
I agree with most of what you said. However, putting at least mild spam prevention including searching message content for multiple links outside of the Wiki will at least control automated spamming.
AFAIK Jeff is already doing content filtering, in addition to the IP black listing.
Also, some human spammers may just realize it isn't worth the effort and move on to another wiki site.
Possibly, but they are a determined bunch as they are getting paid to do this. And hence they have considerable incentive to work around barriers. An additional filter to consider... As many spammers use automated tools, it might be worth it to also filter based on a white/black list of user agent IDs. For example only allowing edits when the UAID is "Mozilla/*Gecko/*Firefox/*", etc. And not allowing for obvious spammers, for example "EmailSiphon*", etc. --- UAIDs at: http://www.psychedelix.com/agents.html List of User-Agents (Spiders, Robots, Browser) http://www.zytrax.com/tech/web/browser_ids.htm Browser ID Strings (a.k.a. User Agent ID) -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - Grafik/jabber.org