[Python-talk] spamming the pysig wiki

[Ben Scott]

[de-lurk]

On 4/12/06, Bill McGonigle <bill at bfccomputing.com> wrote:
> Who's tracking blog spammers?

  I don't know anything about blog administration.  I know a little
about wiki administration.  It seems like a lot of solutions are still
specific to the wiki engine they use, or centered around popular wikis
that get hit most often (e.g., <http://www.emacswiki.org>).  The wiki
community is still in the process of evolving spam-fighting
techniques.  My experience is fairly limited, but the best general
site I know of is <http://chongqed.org/>.

> I assume there's an RBL project for it like for mail?  I could use that myself.

  Most of the WikiSpam-fighting techniques I've seen don't use IP ban
lists, except for the worst offenders.  One big problem is that
botnets are becoming increasing common, and unlike for mail,
widespread banning of dynamic IP addresses isn't a practical solution.

  Wiki's aren't email, so there are different options.  In particular,
most wiki's have very particular subject matter and/or rules, which
makes it a lot easier to do content-based filtering.  URLs can be
scrutinized a lot closer than arbitrary mail.  So content-based lists
appear to be the way to go.

  On a possibly related note, I haven't been able to get to to
<http://www.pysig.org> the past few times I've tried.  Is that an
anti-spam technique, too?  ;-)

-- Ben