Wiki cleanup(spam) - Visual3D Game Engine Forums | Development Tool for 3D Games & Simulations with C#, .NET, VB, and XNA

wishdragon · 10-18-2010

There is a great deal of spam all through the wiki.

Needs a big clean up and some preventions put in place.

Here is an example. http://game-engine.visual3d.net/ille...cans-dont-want

BF109Emil · 10-19-2010

yeah, i noticed that, doesn't give a good impression of V3D.

Emil.

najak · 10-22-2010

Thanks for bringing this back to our attention. The comments are festering with spam (99% approx). We're raising the priority on dealing with this now, quickly. Thanks!

lordfirefox · 01-02-2011

More spam found in the comments here:
http://game-engine.visual3d.net/wiki...-animation-v32

Also in the Game Engine Manuals sidebar is a LOT of spam which is highly inappropriate, nothing to do with the use of Visual3D and is messing up the wiki for people looking for information and tutorials.

I'm removing their links from the posts as well and Marking them as SPAM to make them easier to find if you use a filter.

Now if only I could delete the stupid spam comments.

najak · 01-02-2011

Thanks for the note. We've just been disabling comments from all wiki pages in the interim, to prevent this spam. Thanks for your help here.

lordfirefox · 01-06-2011

I use this: http://www.projecthoneypot.org

To prevent bots and other undesirables from spamming my sites.

I'm not sure what Wiki software you guys use but I've also enabled ReCaptcha to prevent bots from making random accounts on my site.

Xeevis · 01-06-2011

I'd also like to stress that having so much spam with so many outgoing links most search engines won't even bother indexing V3D at all. Google Page Rank 4/10 and 25000+ indexed pages on your domain means that any general searcher will never stumble upon you. And I myself found about V3D digged deep inside some wiki page about engines. Its better to at least wipe it clean and close discussions until this can be solved.

josh_sg1 · 01-09-2011

People are spamming everywhere. http://game-engine.visual3d.net/foru...4122#post14122

najak · 01-12-2011

That one was cleaned up before I even got there.

lordfirefox · 01-21-2011

It's getting out of control, probably going to have to assign a dedicated community member to wiki cleanup.

najak · 01-29-2011

Is there anymore of it? We've disabled comments on every page that I know of -- did I miss some? Disabling Comments prevents this form of spam.

If you see any wiki pages with spam, please report them here, so that I can "fix" them as well.

lordfirefox01 · 02-08-2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by najak

Is there anymore of it? We've disabled comments on every page that I know of -- did I miss some? Disabling Comments prevents this form of spam.

If you see any wiki pages with spam, please report them here, so that I can "fix" them as well.

Doesn't look like there is anymore of it but in the process of cleanup my main account "lordfirefox" got banned And THAT is the account my visual3d.net account is activated on.

Update: found some more, Right on the main Wiki page in fact.
http://game-engine.visual3d.net/

lordfirefox01 · 03-19-2011

By the way my main account "lordfirefox" is still banned.

10-18-2010	#1
wishdragon Official Beta Tester Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 148	Wiki cleanup(spam) There is a great deal of spam all through the wiki. Needs a big clean up and some preventions put in place. Here is an example. http://game-engine.visual3d.net/ille...cans-dont-want

01-02-2011	#4
lordfirefox Early Adopter Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 69	More spam found in the comments here: http://game-engine.visual3d.net/wiki...-animation-v32 Also in the Game Engine Manuals sidebar is a LOT of spam which is highly inappropriate, nothing to do with the use of Visual3D and is messing up the wiki for people looking for information and tutorials. I'm removing their links from the posts as well and Marking them as SPAM to make them easier to find if you use a filter. Now if only I could delete the stupid spam comments. Last edited by lordfirefox : 01-02-2011 at 01:05 PM.

01-09-2011	#8
josh_sg1 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 393	People are spamming everywhere. http://game-engine.visual3d.net/foru...4122#post14122 __________________

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10-19-2010	#2
BF109Emil Early Adopter Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 156	yeah, i noticed that, doesn't give a good impression of V3D. Emil.

10-22-2010	#3
najak Visual3D Lead Developer Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,077	Thanks for bringing this back to our attention. The comments are festering with spam (99% approx). We're raising the priority on dealing with this now, quickly. Thanks!

01-06-2011	#6
lordfirefox Early Adopter Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 69	I use this: http://www.projecthoneypot.org To prevent bots and other undesirables from spamming my sites. I'm not sure what Wiki software you guys use but I've also enabled ReCaptcha to prevent bots from making random accounts on my site.

01-06-2011	#7
Xeevis Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 36	I'd also like to stress that having so much spam with so many outgoing links most search engines won't even bother indexing V3D at all. Google Page Rank 4/10 and 25000+ indexed pages on your domain means that any general searcher will never stumble upon you. And I myself found about V3D digged deep inside some wiki page about engines. Its better to at least wipe it clean and close discussions until this can be solved.

01-12-2011	#9
najak Visual3D Lead Developer Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,077	That one was cleaned up before I even got there.

01-21-2011	#10
lordfirefox Early Adopter Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 69	It's getting out of control, probably going to have to assign a dedicated community member to wiki cleanup.

01-29-2011	#11
najak Visual3D Lead Developer Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,077	Is there anymore of it? We've disabled comments on every page that I know of -- did I miss some? Disabling Comments prevents this form of spam. If you see any wiki pages with spam, please report them here, so that I can "fix" them as well.

03-19-2011	#13
lordfirefox01 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Posts: 2	By the way my main account "lordfirefox" is still banned.