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===Links / Spam===
===Links / Spam===
Definition of rules for when something is and isn’t appropriate / good practices ; Who maintains the wiki / removes spam regularly / enforces the rules? - [[User:Katoss|Katoss]] ([[User talk:Katoss|talk]]) 14:50, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
Definition of rules for when something is and isn’t appropriate / good practices ; Who maintains the wiki / removes spam regularly / enforces the rules? - [[User:Katoss|Katoss]] ([[User talk:Katoss|talk]]) 14:50, 17 November 2021 (UTC)
: Thoughts from wiki page making meeting: restricting creating links (e.g. account creation necessary), make links not appear in search engines to remove incentives for spam, it is important to create policies that can be cited, so that spam deletion does not seem arbitrary (what is trash, what is not trash?); People who create/edit a page are on the watchlist, so they get notifications if somebody makes changes - [[User:Katoss|Katoss]] ([[User talk:Katoss|talk]]) 16:24, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
: Thoughts from wiki page making meeting: restricting creating links (e.g. account creation necessary), make links not appear in search engines to remove incentives for spam, it is important to create policies that can be cited, so that spam deletion does not seem arbitrary (what is trash, what is not trash?); People who create/edit a page are on the watchlist, so they get notifications if somebody makes changes - [[User:Katoss|Katoss]] ([[User talk:Katoss|talk]]) 16:24, 9 November 2021 (UTC)
: '''Update on spam protection:''' The "nofollow" attribute reduces the "reward" of linkspam, and this is already on (by default) in the wiki. Rather than restricting edits to "accounts", some weeks ago [[User:Katoss|Katoss]] set up captchas for wiki edits that don't use accounts and we said the wiki was "safe to share". In the past day or two, we did get our first spam; [[User:Gedankensteucke|Gedankensteucke]] realized it was due to lacking a captcha on account creation (and accounts don't require captchas), so that was added too. We learned how to clean up spam, and should document instructions for that stuff.
: ''Spam protections in place:''
: - "nofollow" attribute on external links (on by default)
: - Captchas required for anonymous edits (added in late Jan 2022)
: - Captchas required for account creation (added 8 Mar 2022)
: ''TODO:''
: - Create a wiki page to document instructions for spam clean-up
: - Create a wiki page to start describing "appropriate content" in this wiki (should get defined and evolve via use and needs)
: [[User:Madprime|Madprime]] ([[User talk:Madprime|talk]]) 19:10, 9 March 2022 (UTC)
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