Spammers Ho

[Nichi]

It's alright; it's an easy mistake -w-;

[Pitkin]

I've just changed the security questions allowing registrations and posting for new members. Here's to hoping they'll be hard enough to bar bots from here while easy enough so that no real person misses their chance of joining. ^^;

[Bella]

Spammer hooooooooo:

https://ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1786.0.html

https://ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1787.0.html

[Chocofreak13]

We've got a third one, in the form of a single post, and s/he might be a pedophile, fun!

https://ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1475.msg174434.html#msg174434

[Nichi]

https://ostan-collections.net/forum/index.php/topic,1792.msg174576.html#msg174576

Seems like a spambot to me

[Nichi]

Well, this is a first: Spanbots on the Wiki. Like, an influx of hundreds of new articles and vandalized articles :\

Maybe we should put some sort of verification system in place to cut down on this, or maybe bring back the "must be approved by admin to edit" system of old?

[fedora-tan]

Well, this is a first: Spanbots on the Wiki. Like, an influx of hundreds of new articles and vandalized articles :\

Maybe we should put some sort of verification system in place to cut down on this, or maybe bring back the "must be approved by admin to edit" system of old?

Massive banhammer -_-
If your account was created after the 26th of July on the Wiki there is a good chance you got caught into the storm.
Log of deleted / banned users / ips : https://www.ostan-collections.net/wiki/index.php?title=Special:Log/block
Log of deleted pages : https://www.ostan-collections.net/wiki/index.php/Special:Log/delete

[fedora-tan]

Sadly I only have forum moderation powers and not any wiki admin powers. I've seen some wikis include a verification system or require admin approval before making any changes and have that work out.

Congratulations, you just got promoted as an official Ostan Wiki Administrator
You can also create accounts for members who request it there : https://www.ostan-collections.net/wiki/index.php/Special:UserLogin/signup

For your information : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Administrators_and_bureaucrats

[Chocofreak13]

Don't know if this fits in here but,
a user with the name "cybercuate" is posting 2letter "spam messages" to several threads...

So if anyone reads this message, do check him and do your conclusions.

dunno if it's meaningful, but this user created a thread in this forum late last year. something about a facebook page. :0

[Goujer (she/her)]

The recent bot problem has potentially been resolved. The forum registration has been made a bit more challenging so hopefully that will solve things.

[Goujer (she/her)]

I have closed registration to the forum. There have been like 10 new requests a day and they all have extremely sussy emails. If you really want to make an account send me a DM on Twitter @Gouj3r.

[zwakbs3]

I have closed registration to the forum. There have been like 10 new requests a day and they all have extremely sussy emails. If you really want to make an account send me a DM on Twitter @Gouj3r.

yay me for creating a forum account before all of this happened

[Goujer (she/her)]

Recently I opened registration on the Wiki and a lot of unfortunate and deplorable things were posted.
Sorry to anyone that encountered those things.

Wiki registration is closed for now as we work to fix the damage.
It has come to my attention that registration did not require an email confirmation and that led to a lot of bad actors coming in to trash the place for one reason or another.

The gallery has also gotten some unpleasant images posted, but that has been dealt with too.

[Goujer (she/her)]

New Topics now require approval in wake of spam.

[Nanami Madobe Fan]

New Topics now require approval in wake of spam.

Damn thanks alot spamers now everyone gets punished for your crimes against humanity. There are more users with signatures linking to buy something or sending you to some shady website.