User talk:Forgottenman - Revision history

DavidVeksler: Contributor de-identification

2026-07-23T07:05:56Z

Contributor de-identification

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	== Page: and Index: ==		== Page: and Index: ==

	Hi, can you please fill me in on what the Page: and Index: namespaces were intended for? Thanks. [[User:~~Nathan Larson~~\|~~Nathan Larson~~]] ([[User talk:~~Nathan Larson~~\|talk]]) 08:43, 15 November 2012 (MSK)		Hi, can you please fill me in on what the Page: and Index: namespaces were intended for? Thanks. [[User:FormerContributor-78162cb3\|FormerContributor-78162cb3]] ([[User talk:FormerContributor-78162cb3\|talk]]) 08:43, 15 November 2012 (MSK)

FormerContributor-78162cb3: /* Page: and Index: */ new section

2012-11-15T05:43:34Z

Page: and Index:: new section

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	is it possible to disallow edits containing, say, a specific link? There is a certain divorce lawyer in Dallas that juuuuust keeps returning... [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 12:09, 2 November 2011 (MSK)		is it possible to disallow edits containing, say, a specific link? There is a certain divorce lawyer in Dallas that juuuuust keeps returning... [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 12:09, 2 November 2011 (MSK)

			== Page: and Index: ==

			Hi, can you please fill me in on what the Page: and Index: namespaces were intended for? Thanks. [[User:Nathan Larson\|Nathan Larson]] ([[User talk:Nathan Larson\|talk]]) 08:43, 15 November 2012 (MSK)

Pestergaines: /* More spam */ new section

2011-11-02T09:09:31Z

More spam: new section

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	Thank you. :) [[User:An.fear.glas\|an.fear.glas]] 00:53, 9 August 2011 (MSD)		Thank you. :) [[User:An.fear.glas\|an.fear.glas]] 00:53, 9 August 2011 (MSD)

			== More spam ==

			Hi there,

			is it possible to disallow edits containing, say, a specific link? There is a certain divorce lawyer in Dallas that juuuuust keeps returning... [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 12:09, 2 November 2011 (MSK)

An.fear.glas: /* Your welcoming of a new account user. */ new section

2011-08-08T20:53:42Z

Your welcoming of a new account user.: new section

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	::I didn't consider this something to be particularly worried about, especially since it would take additional effort to merge and delete all these accounts. If we want that extension we can push for it, but I'm more concerned about things like the images issue. I'm hoping that this week I get a chance to ask mediawiki folks about that issue in particular. --[[User:Forgottenman\|Forgottenman]] ([[User talk:Forgottenman\|talk]]) 04:10, 5 July 2011 (MSD)		::I didn't consider this something to be particularly worried about, especially since it would take additional effort to merge and delete all these accounts. If we want that extension we can push for it, but I'm more concerned about things like the images issue. I'm hoping that this week I get a chance to ask mediawiki folks about that issue in particular. --[[User:Forgottenman\|Forgottenman]] ([[User talk:Forgottenman\|talk]]) 04:10, 5 July 2011 (MSD)

			== Your welcoming of a new account user. ==

			Thank you. :) [[User:An.fear.glas\|an.fear.glas]] 00:53, 9 August 2011 (MSD)

Pestergaines: /* Blocking users and IPs */

2011-07-28T07:46:19Z

Blocking users and IPs

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	Perhaps :) Or maybe the anti-spam tools are encouraging them to pursue more productive lines of work (one can hope). --[[User:Forgottenman\|Forgottenman]] ([[User talk:Forgottenman\|talk]]) 15:59, 21 July 2011 (MSD)		Perhaps :) Or maybe the anti-spam tools are encouraging them to pursue more productive lines of work (one can hope). --[[User:Forgottenman\|Forgottenman]] ([[User talk:Forgottenman\|talk]]) 15:59, 21 July 2011 (MSD)

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			\|style="font-size: x-large; padding: 0; vertical-align: middle; height: 1.1em;" \| '''The Anti-Vandalism Barnstar'''
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			\|style="vertical-align: middle; border-top: 1px solid gray;" \| For his ceaseless vigilance in removing spam, Forgottenman is awarded the Anti-Vandalism Barnstar! [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 11:46, 28 July 2011 (MSD)
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	== Declaration of Independence ==		== Declaration of Independence ==

Forgottenman: /* Blocking users and IPs */ re

2011-07-21T12:00:01Z

Blocking users and IPs: re

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	Could it be that the issues plaguing the wiki have scared away all the spammers? :) [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 15:22, 21 July 2011 (MSD)		Could it be that the issues plaguing the wiki have scared away all the spammers? :) [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 15:22, 21 July 2011 (MSD)

			Perhaps :) Or maybe the anti-spam tools are encouraging them to pursue more productive lines of work (one can hope). --[[User:Forgottenman\|Forgottenman]] ([[User talk:Forgottenman\|talk]]) 15:59, 21 July 2011 (MSD)

	== Declaration of Independence ==		== Declaration of Independence ==

Pestergaines: /* Blocking users and IPs */ ???

2011-07-21T11:23:01Z

Blocking users and IPs: ???

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	:I [http://groups.google.com/a/mises.com/group/wiki/browse_thread/thread/cd76f64202ce4c7d?hl=en# proposed this weeks ago] and even provided a relatively easy way to do it, but of course never got a response. {{nowrap\|--[[User:John James\|John James]] 02:12, 5 July 2011 (MSD)}}		:I [http://groups.google.com/a/mises.com/group/wiki/browse_thread/thread/cd76f64202ce4c7d?hl=en# proposed this weeks ago] and even provided a relatively easy way to do it, but of course never got a response. {{nowrap\|--[[User:John James\|John James]] 02:12, 5 July 2011 (MSD)}}

			Could it be that the issues plaguing the wiki have scared away all the spammers? :) [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 15:22, 21 July 2011 (MSD)

	== Declaration of Independence ==		== Declaration of Independence ==

Forgottenman: /* Deleting users */ new section

2011-07-05T00:10:13Z

Deleting users: new section

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	Does the navbox still look broken? Do you have an example of what it should look like? --[[User:John James\|John James]] 03:12, 2 June 2011 (MSD)		Does the navbox still look broken? Do you have an example of what it should look like? --[[User:John James\|John James]] 03:12, 2 June 2011 (MSD)

			== Deleting users ==

			Another thought on the side: surely we can delete users, that were inactive for some time and never edited anything (at least anything that would survive). Most of the spam accounts are just placeholders that are never used. How about deleting them after, say, three months? [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 16:35, 4 July 2011 (MSD)

			:I [http://groups.google.com/a/mises.com/group/wiki/browse_thread/thread/cd76f64202ce4c7d?hl=en# proposed this weeks ago] and even provided a relatively easy way to do it, but of course never got a response. {{nowrap\|--[[User:John James\|John James]] 02:12, 5 July 2011 (MSD)}}

			::I didn't consider this something to be particularly worried about, especially since it would take additional effort to merge and delete all these accounts. If we want that extension we can push for it, but I'm more concerned about things like the images issue. I'm hoping that this week I get a chance to ask mediawiki folks about that issue in particular. --[[User:Forgottenman\|Forgottenman]] ([[User talk:Forgottenman\|talk]]) 04:10, 5 July 2011 (MSD)

John James: /* Blocking users and IPs */ response

2011-07-04T22:12:36Z

Blocking users and IPs: response

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	Another thought on the side: surely we can delete users, that were inactive for some time and never edited anything (at least anything that would survive). Most of the spam accounts are just placeholders that are never used. How about deleting them after, say, three months? [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 16:35, 4 July 2011 (MSD)		Another thought on the side: surely we can delete users, that were inactive for some time and never edited anything (at least anything that would survive). Most of the spam accounts are just placeholders that are never used. How about deleting them after, say, three months? [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 16:35, 4 July 2011 (MSD)

			:I [http://groups.google.com/a/mises.com/group/wiki/browse_thread/thread/cd76f64202ce4c7d?hl=en# proposed this weeks ago] and even provided a relatively easy way to do it, but of course never got a response. {{nowrap\|--[[User:John James\|John James]] 02:12, 5 July 2011 (MSD)}}

	== Declaration of Independence ==		== Declaration of Independence ==

Pestergaines: /* Blocking users and IPs */ reply; thought

2011-07-04T12:35:30Z

Blocking users and IPs: reply; thought

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	::What's the story with the captcha account creation? Is it just not up to snuff? --[[User:John James\|John James]] 10:41, 31 May 2011 (MSD)		::What's the story with the captcha account creation? Is it just not up to snuff? --[[User:John James\|John James]] 10:41, 31 May 2011 (MSD)
			:::It seems that there are some pretty good image-recognition algorithms out there. They don't work all the time with the captchas, but as long as they work some of the time, they are very usable by spammers. So it's more of a hurdle than an unavoidable barrier. [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 16:35, 4 July 2011 (MSD)

			Another thought on the side: surely we can delete users, that were inactive for some time and never edited anything (at least anything that would survive). Most of the spam accounts are just placeholders that are never used. How about deleting them after, say, three months? [[User:Pestergaines\|Pestergaines]] 16:35, 4 July 2011 (MSD)

	== Declaration of Independence ==		== Declaration of Independence ==