Arlington, Mass. - new forum threads http://wiki.arlingtonlist.org/forum/start Threads in forums of the site "Arlington, Mass." - The Arlington Wiki - Arlington, MA Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:52:30 +0000 http://wiki.arlingtonlist.org/forum/t-417234 Wiki Vandalism http://wiki.arlingtonlist.org/forum/t-417234/wiki-vandalism Someone is apparently mad at us for removing something from the Computer Repair page. It's not clear who it is or why, but he or she keeps erasing the page. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:48:28 +0000 dmeyers 286242 It seems rather silly. The page will be fixed every time through a simple version reversion. If the perpetrator would like to explain just what he's upset about, perhaps we can fix it.

We've removed inappropriate links before. If one of the links was yours, let us know why we were wrong to remove it. Or just add it back. Erasing the whole page is childish and will continue to fail. At worst, the admins will just lock down the page, which is trivial.

]]> http://wiki.arlingtonlist.org/forum/t-417148 Wiki Spam http://wiki.arlingtonlist.org/forum/t-417148/wiki-spam What to do about it, what it's been like. Mon, 28 Nov 2011 20:45:22 +0000 dmeyers 286242 Folks, I just spent a little time cleaning up 15 pages or so. Some anonymous wiki-spammer went and added a whole list of links to various reverse-phone-lookup pages at the bottom of these pages.

I still haven't turned off anonymous editing. That'll likely be the first step. Then, to edit a page, one would have to be a registered member of Wiki-Dot. I suspect that will stop about 99.9% of wiki spam. My concern is that it also might stop a substantial amount of the honest content and contributions by folks who are part of our community who just don't want to register and deal with the hassle of yet another account online somewhere.

Anyway, so far, still allowing anonymous edits.

And, folks, if you see abuse on here - if you find people doing things like wiping out pages because their ads have been removed, or if you find ads - please either let me know, or go ahead and clean up the mess. Thanks so much.

David (no longer even living in Arlington)

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