Thanks
This is a great tactic to fight spam.
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This is sure to help on a lot of sites using Wikidot and getting spammed. :D
(account deleted)I have noticed a big decrease in spam since this was implemented. I think the biggest impact has been on automated spamming software that is probably now getting the "no links allowed" error message and the post simply can't be saved.
Excellent job!
I would also like to suggest to Wikidot to apply this to www.projects.wikidot.com site. I have just received an e-mail notice of two new posts in two different threads, and it resulted to be SPAM for some wedding gowns or something…
BTW, I think that the spammer has a link in his signature. Maybe this feature should be applied on a global Wikidot level, not allowing any link in signatures. Many spammers do not post any links, but they have them in their signatures…
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegan. - Paul McCartney
@Brunhilda: it has been applied to projects.wikidot.com… just a thought… are signatures included in the exclusion?
Kenneth Tsang (@jxeeno)
Sorry, tsangk… I have just added a line about the signatures… Yes, he has a link in his signature. Here're the two posts:
http://projects.wikidot.com/thread:57/comments/show#post-1263477
If you see the Recent Changes, you'll see all the threads he posted in…
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegan. - Paul McCartney
Yes, I realise that the spam is there and I also have the permission to delete them. However, without the tools of our spam-killing team - deleting comments are really painful.
My original question was asking if signatures links are also blocked with this feature - obviously not.
Kenneth Tsang (@jxeeno)
We're going to add this to the link filtering for anonymous.
It is better to add this for fresh users. My suggestion is to use karma level for this, as in posts.
If slaughterhouses had glass walls, everyone would be vegan. - Paul McCartney
…low-quality content may harm the project…
I always shudder when the Wikidot team refer to Wikidot as a "project". In project-management-speak a project has a defined beginning and end. I know the beginning was in 2006 but I would hate to think there might be an end date!
Rob Elliott - Strathpeffer, Scotland - Wikidot first line support & community admin team.
Nice work. Spam has fallen to zero since this change was made. It's such a simple idea and yet so effective! Kudos to the Wikidot team for making this new feature, it's enormously helpful to those of us who have lots of sites on Wikidot.
Well done! Such a simple idea that's so effective!
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