http://forums.wikihow.com/discussion/6008/major-change-to-combat-user-page-spam/
Ignore them and patrol. I block when I see them whilst patrolling, but I’m not blocking any names via forums anymore.
Well, though I’m not too good with this technical stuff, but still we have been discussing about spams recently…like in this thread: http://forums.wikihow.com/discussion/5922/strange-new-pattern-of-usercreations/p1
Most of them are blocked I guess.
@Maluniu
Just mark as patrolled and carry on or skip so admins can block when they find them?
Just click as patrolled. Anonymous users (the ones that read our articles) won’t see the pages, so it’s okay to just leave them be. Admins will block them if they see them. (: June Days
Just mark as patrolled and that’s it. If anyone wants a real opinion, it’s a pure chore that has no value to any administrator’s time here concerning blocking or “can find them”… because I ain’t hunting anything down
Yep… there’s absolutely no gain whatsoever as far as search engines goes — also, Jack’s message was to elaborate that spam userpages aren’t even seen to people whom are logged out.
Yes, we can patrol these edits in and ignore them. These pages are going into the abyss and will not be seen again anyway. At some future point, I’d like to remove these types of edits from RC patrol altogether so we don’t even have to see them.
@JackHerrick
Thanks for the clarification
Haha you know you’re successful when people start spamming you!
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If that’s the case, we’ve been successful for quite some time now…
And sadly getting more “successful” all the time!
why not get a web developer to fix the loop holes in the wikihow code. That might help too (not fully but still it will get decreased)
I don’t think the problem is with “wikiHow code”. wikiHow is a wiki - a website that anyone can edit (like Wikipedia). Wikis often attract spammers and vandals. The coding of the website isn’t the problem, usually. And, we have an awesome bunch of engineers at wikiHaus (wikiHow office).
