Re: Vandalised wiki page

Re: Vandalised wiki page

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 23 August 2013 08:01, Václav Zeman <vhaisman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 08/23/2013 12:12 AM, Alec Teal wrote:
>> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/FunctionMultiVersioning
>>
>> Reported by "kobrien" on the Freenode IRC network, channel #gcc just
>> now, I'm just sending the message.
> Looking at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/RecentChanges shows that the GCC wiki
> is being spammed a lot. Somebody should employ some kind of spam protection.

The attack is still ongoing, CC'ing overseers

Re: Vandalised wiki page

[Janus Weil]

>> Looking at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/RecentChanges shows that the GCC wiki
>> is being spammed a lot. Somebody should employ some kind of spam protection.
>
> The attack is still ongoing, CC'ing overseers

In fact the spam level on the wiki has been rather high for some time
now, but since yesterday it practically exploded. We should definitely
think about some way to prevent this (cf. e.g.
http://moinmo.in/AntiSpamFeatures). Is it feasible to require new wiki
accounts be authorized by an admin?

Cheers,
Janus

Re: Vandalised wiki page

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Hi -

> > Looking at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/RecentChanges shows that the GCC wiki
> > is being spammed a lot. Somebody should employ some kind of spam protection.

Several other sourceware-hosted moin wikis have adopted a group-ACL-based
protection, which has eliminated the problem.  This involves maintaining
a special wiki page that lists approved editors (and is editable by those
editors).  If you're interested in trying this, please send me an initial
list of editor WikiNames.

- FChE

Re: Vandalised wiki page

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 23 August 2013 15:44, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Hi -
>
>> > Looking at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/RecentChanges shows that the GCC wiki
>> > is being spammed a lot. Somebody should employ some kind of spam protection.
>
> Several other sourceware-hosted moin wikis have adopted a group-ACL-based
> protection, which has eliminated the problem.  This involves maintaining
> a special wiki page that lists approved editors (and is editable by those
> editors).  If you're interested in trying this, please send me an initial
> list of editor WikiNames.

I suggest starting with these known-good names who've been recently active:

JanusWeil
DodjiSeketeli
IanLanceTaylor
TobiasBurnus
JonathanWakely
ManuelLópezIbáñez

Is there an easy way to revert a spam change to a page? I don't see one.

Re: Vandalised wiki page

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 23 August 2013 16:04, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 23 August 2013 15:44, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
>> Hi -
>>
>>> > Looking at http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/RecentChanges shows that the GCC wiki
>>> > is being spammed a lot. Somebody should employ some kind of spam protection.
>>
>> Several other sourceware-hosted moin wikis have adopted a group-ACL-based
>> protection, which has eliminated the problem.  This involves maintaining
>> a special wiki page that lists approved editors (and is editable by those
>> editors).  If you're interested in trying this, please send me an initial
>> list of editor WikiNames.
>
> I suggest starting with these known-good names who've been recently active:
>
> JanusWeil
> DodjiSeketeli
> IanLanceTaylor
> TobiasBurnus
> JonathanWakely
> ManuelLópezIbáñez

(Assuming we want to go down the ACL route.)

> Is there an easy way to revert a spam change to a page? I don't see one.

Doh, found it in the "more actions" dropdown.

Re: Vandalised wiki page

[Frank Ch. Eigler]

Hi -

On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 04:06:22PM +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> [...]
> (Assuming we want to go down the ACL route.)

Done! :-)

> > Is there an easy way to revert a spam change to a page? I don't see one.
> Doh, found it in the "more actions" dropdown.

(It's only accessible there to "admin" moin users.)

- FChE

Re: Vandalised wiki page

[Jonathan Wakely]

On 23 August 2013 16:25, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
> Hi -
>
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 04:06:22PM +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
>> [...]
>> (Assuming we want to go down the ACL route.)
>
> Done! :-)

Thanks.

I've reverted or deleted all the spam I could find (and that you
hadn't already done) and have added lots of people to the EditorGroup
who had made good changes in the past.

Re: Vandalised wiki page

[David Brown]

On 23/08/13 17:59, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
> On 23 August 2013 16:25, Frank Ch. Eigler wrote:
>> Hi -
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 04:06:22PM +0100, Jonathan Wakely wrote:
>>> [...]
>>> (Assuming we want to go down the ACL route.)
>>
>> Done! :-)
>
> Thanks.
>
> I've reverted or deleted all the spam I could find (and that you
> hadn't already done) and have added lots of people to the EditorGroup
> who had made good changes in the past.
>

While we are on the subject, is there anything that can be done about 
the levels of spam on this mailing list (and the gcc-help list)?  I get 
the feeling it has increased quite a bit recently - soon it will start 
to annoy people.

mvh.,

David