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| − | + | In another attempt to avoid spam the [[Talk:Main Page]] is now a redirect to this page. With luck automatic spambots will simply append their wares to the redirect page. We shall see ... --[[User:John Stumbles|John Stumbles]] 23:29, 15 August 2007 (BST) | |
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| + | ''spam snipped'' | ||
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| + | Hmmm, well that lasted all of about 5 minutes :-( | ||
| + | <br>Now changed [[Talk:Main Page]] back to a normal page with a link saying to go to this one. | ||
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| + | --[[User:John Stumbles|John Stumbles]] 01:51, 16 August 2007 (BST) | ||
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| + | This seems to have resulted in spam going back to the main talk page. I've added some HTML code to set the font to white so added spam should at least be invisible. It works on my browser but maybe not others - ? | ||
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| + | --[[User:John Stumbles|John Stumbles]] 09:15, 16 August 2007 (BST) | ||
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| + | I felt the protected page actually worked ok. We only had a couple of hits to other pages in about 48 hours rather than the many we normally get per day. | ||
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| + | : Or twice in less than an hour, depending on your POV! ;-) --[[User:John Stumbles|John Stumbles]] 17:44, 16 August 2007 (BST) | ||
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| + | --[[User:John Rumm|John Rumm]] 12:25, 16 August 2007 (BST) (posting via a proxy because I have now aquired an auto IP ban for a day due to accidentally blocking myself and then unblocking!) | ||
Revision as of 12:24, 17 August 2007
This page is for discussion of the DIY Wiki main page, and the Wiki as a whole.
It also seems to be a favoured place for spammers advertising dodgy pharmaceuticals, fakereplica Rolexes and so on <sigh>
Previous discussions on this page have been Archived
Spam avoidance
In another attempt to avoid spam the Talk:Main Page is now a redirect to this page. With luck automatic spambots will simply append their wares to the redirect page. We shall see ... --John Stumbles 23:29, 15 August 2007 (BST)
spam snipped
Hmmm, well that lasted all of about 5 minutes :-(
Now changed Talk:Main Page back to a normal page with a link saying to go to this one.
--John Stumbles 01:51, 16 August 2007 (BST)
This seems to have resulted in spam going back to the main talk page. I've added some HTML code to set the font to white so added spam should at least be invisible. It works on my browser but maybe not others - ?
--John Stumbles 09:15, 16 August 2007 (BST)
I felt the protected page actually worked ok. We only had a couple of hits to other pages in about 48 hours rather than the many we normally get per day.
- Or twice in less than an hour, depending on your POV! ;-) --John Stumbles 17:44, 16 August 2007 (BST)
--John Rumm 12:25, 16 August 2007 (BST) (posting via a proxy because I have now aquired an auto IP ban for a day due to accidentally blocking myself and then unblocking!)