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Problem: there is way too much spam on this wiki. | Problem: there is way too much spam on this wiki. | ||
There are [[Special:Statistics|15,724 pages]], with between an estimated spam ratio between 30% and 70%. | |||
== Recommendations == | == Recommendations == | ||
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* better captcha? | * better captcha? | ||
** [http://wiki.yt/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Special%3AVersion&type=signup pet finder] seems to work fairly well | ** [http://wiki.yt/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Special%3AVersion&type=signup pet finder] seems to work fairly well | ||
* run a bot to clean up existing spam | |||
Revision as of 23:34, 7 May 2013
Problem: there is way too much spam on this wiki.
There are 15,724 pages, with between an estimated spam ratio between 30% and 70%.
Recommendations
Some recommendations / ideas for fighting spam on this wiki:
- faster server (for faster manual spam removal)
- keeping eye on:
- better captcha?
- pet finder seems to work fairly well
- run a bot to clean up existing spam