Wiki account removal needed?

[Paul W. Frields]

https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=FUDCon:Berlin_2009&action...

Looks like the user "Georgia10" just inserted spam on that page.
Aiyiyi.

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[Jon Stanley]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>  Looks like the user "Georgia10" just inserted spam on that
> page.
>  Aiyiyi. 
What's our procedure for deleting/disabling a rogue FAS account?  It
appears that the account in question was just created today, probably
for the express purpose of spamming the wiki and then disappearing.  I
would like to think that only a human could create an accounts,
there's a variety of steps involved.  But maybe some sort of CAPTCHA
on the signup page could reduce this in the future?

[Toshio Kuratomi]

On 09/23/2009 01:34 PM, Jon Stanley wrote:
>  On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Paul W. Frields
> <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  
> > Looks like the user "Georgia10" just inserted spam on that page.
> > Aiyiyi.
>  
>  What's our procedure for deleting/disabling a rogue FAS account?  It
>  appears that the account in question was just created today, probably
>  for the express purpose of spamming the wiki and then disappearing.  I
>  would like to think that only a human could create an accounts,
>  there's a variety of steps involved.  But maybe some sort of CAPTCHA
>  on the signup page could reduce this in the future?
>   
We added a captcha last week so this is definitely a person or smarter
than average bot:

https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/user/new

-Toshio

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 01:40:55PM -0700, Toshio Kuratomi wrote:
>  On 09/23/2009 01:34 PM, Jon Stanley wrote:
>  > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  > 
>  >> Looks like the user "Georgia10" just inserted spam on that page.
>  >> Aiyiyi.
>  > 
>  > What's our procedure for deleting/disabling a rogue FAS account?  It
>  > appears that the account in question was just created today, probably
>  > for the express purpose of spamming the wiki and then disappearing.  I
>  > would like to think that only a human could create an accounts,
>  > there's a variety of steps involved.  But maybe some sort of CAPTCHA
>  > on the signup page could reduce this in the future?
>  > 
>  We added a captcha last week so this is definitely a person or smarter
>  than average bot:
>  
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/accounts/user/new 
Note that the change, a website advertisement, was actually made in
context, which I don't think would be as likely with a bot.  Most of
the bot vandalism we see is a mass replacement of text.

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[Mike McGrath]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Jon Stanley wrote:

>  On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Paul W. Frields
> <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
>  > Looks like the user "Georgia10" just inserted spam on that page.
>  > Aiyiyi.
>
>  What's our procedure for deleting/disabling a rogue FAS account?  It
>  appears that the account in question was just created today, probably
>  for the express purpose of spamming the wiki and then disappearing.  I
>  would like to think that only a human could create an accounts,
>  there's a variety of steps involved.  But maybe some sort of CAPTCHA
>  on the signup page could reduce this in the future?
>  
Well,

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem#Account_Termin...

Clearly states "malicious usage" as grounds for termination.  What was the
page in question?

	-Mike

[Paul W. Frields]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 04:22:52PM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:
>  On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Jon Stanley wrote:
>  
>  > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>  >
>  > > Looks like the user "Georgia10" just inserted spam on that page.
>  > > Aiyiyi.
>  >
>  > What's our procedure for deleting/disabling a rogue FAS account?  It
>  > appears that the account in question was just created today, probably
>  > for the express purpose of spamming the wiki and then disappearing.  I
>  > would like to think that only a human could create an accounts,
>  > there's a variety of steps involved.  But maybe some sort of CAPTCHA
>  > on the signup page could reduce this in the future?
>  >
>  
>  Well,
>  
>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem#Account_Termin...
>  
>  Clearly states "malicious usage" as grounds for termination.  What was the
>  page in question? 
The OP was snipped out:

https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=FUDCon:Berlin_2009&action...

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[Mike McGrath]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Paul W. Frields wrote:

>  On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 04:22:52PM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:
>  > On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Jon Stanley wrote:
>  >
>  > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Paul W. Frields <stickster(a)gmail.com&gt;
> wrote:
>  > >
>  > > > Looks like the user "Georgia10" just inserted spam on that
> page.
>  > > > Aiyiyi.
>  > >
>  > > What's our procedure for deleting/disabling a rogue FAS account?  It
>  > > appears that the account in question was just created today, probably
>  > > for the express purpose of spamming the wiki and then disappearing.  I
>  > > would like to think that only a human could create an accounts,
>  > > there's a variety of steps involved.  But maybe some sort of CAPTCHA
>  > > on the signup page could reduce this in the future?
>  > >
>  >
>  > Well,
>  >
>  > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem#Account_Termin...
>  >
>  > Clearly states "malicious usage" as grounds for termination.  What was
> the
>  > page in question?
>
>  The OP was snipped out:
>
>  https://fedoraproject.org/w/index.php?title=FUDCon:Berlin_2009&action...
>  
It won't help with users with actual accounts but I've enabled a
basic captcha for anonymous edits.

	-Mike

[Karsten Wade]

On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 09:17:32PM -0500, Mike McGrath wrote:
>  
>  It won't help with users with actual accounts but I've enabled a
>  basic captcha for anonymous edits. 
+1 Thanks.

- Karsten
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[Max Spevack]

On Wed, 23 Sep 2009, Mike McGrath wrote:

> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Infrastructure/AccountSystem#Account_Termin...
>
>  Clearly states "malicious usage" as grounds for termination.  What was 
>  the page in question? 
If the account was registered today, and the only thing it did was spam 
the wiki, we should simply nuke it.

Simple, right?

--Max