Wiki

[Verändert]

Someone might want to delete this unless you really, really want to buy a vibrator: http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php/SanbornSroka547

[machinebacon]

^ Thank you for posting this -- oh there are hundreds of similar pages :)

To be honest, I like the article. It starts off with "Anus is a sensual erogenous zone.", and also warns the user of breakage: "Surgeons extract from their patients bowels dildos made of thick rubber, spray cans, coca-cola and champagne bottles, radio valves, candles, newspapers, ping-pong balls, spade handles, table legs and hoover attachments."

Table legs... :kopfkino:

Edit: wtf -- NEWSPAPERS?!

[rhowaldt]

damn, more bot articles. oh well...

[machinebacon]

I wish we can keep this one.

[rhowaldt]

^ sure, seems like a good one :)

[rhowaldt]

^ done. http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php/Hacking_backdoors

[rhowaldt]

pfew, been deleting wiki spam this morning. quickest way to do this is through Special Pages > Orphaned pages. these are all pages that are nowhere linked. however, some of these are actual Wiki pages. so, i built an Orphanage for them: http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php/Orphanage
to get through the fun catch of the Orphanage being an orphaned page as well, i also gave the Orphanage a backyard: http://linuxbbq.org/wiki/index.php/Orphanage_Backyard - they link back to each other and are thus saved from being an Orphaned Page. now i can just delete all Orphaned Pages. a whole fuckload down, only (!) 1070 to go. click, click, click, click, click...

[Alad]

^ Maybe you need a bot? oO

[wuxmedia]

Thanks Rhow!!

how did we stop the spam before?
I think something has been defaulted in the migration.

[rhowaldt]

we stopped the bots by disabling the option to create new accounts. probably something in the migration happened indeed. hope there are no new things added while i am busy deleting :/

also, Bacon or you, whoever has access to that shit, needs to delete a bunch of bot-users. i can deal with the pages. unless you have a quicker way of deleting pages than through the wiki, because in that case i wouldnt mind somebody taking the task off my hands.

[rhowaldt]

okay, just confirmed: pages are still being created. if somebody could please stop new users from registering and start deleting the bullshit accounts, that would be of much help :)

[wuxmedia]

Yeah, OK. I'm on it 8)
I've escalated this issue 8)

[wuxmedia]

the flood should have abated.
anon contributions have been stopped.
newly registered users should require 4 days before able making a post.
Do we have any particular attachements to these new pages? Or should i just start afresh (from the DB pulled 2014-07-07)
I could attempt a Mysql query that removes all newer posts and users. but that is effectively the same thing,..

[wuxmedia]

We should definitely keep hacking back doors page though.. ;)

[machinebacon]

you can be as radical as you like, the old db is still alive ;)

[wuxmedia]

OK done.
Let's see if that quells the storm.

Even kept (or reposted) the famous backdoor topic 8)

[machinebacon]

It is soooo good now, I can log in again and even change protected pages. Thank you!

[rhowaldt]

wonderful Wux! thank you so much! you just saved me manually deleting a 1000+ pages :)

[wuxmedia]

I'm sorry that I didn't think about that beforehand, 8(
The default mediawiki install is hideously spammable.

So - PM machinebacon or me to ask for a wiki account
Any new users need FOUR days to be allowed to post

[rhowaldt]

^ no problem, you fixed it :)

account-on-demand seems like the most sensible way to go. not that many people desperate for Wiki-accounts anymore, i suppose.