Wiki project 5/20/08 plz read.

[limey]

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/dogat...cs.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...)

[karsten]

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

anyway in wikis nothing is lost

[madhatter256]

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

[limey]

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

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

[ASSEMbler]

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

[fluffstorm]

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

[babu]

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.

[fluffstorm]

Adding a captcha for unregistered users might be a good idea

[FirestarterCL]

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:

[fluffstorm]

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:

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

[Tachikoma]

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

[Dot50Cal]

Yeah lock it down, its spammed again.

[devzone]

full of nasty porn links :(

[ASSEMbler]

Damn, I'll have to password it.

[ASSEMbler]

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.

[ASSEMbler]

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.

[fluffstorm]

MediaWiki works nicely

[babu]

MediaWiki works nicely

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

[Tachikoma]

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

[phate]

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