One thing that might work (wouldnt be 100%) would be a method for identifying IP ranges of know abuse where legit collateral is minimal and keeping a database of these and auto-blocking them.
These IPs are typically those of: * known web-hosting services * Proxy Services * data-center providers * similar cases where risk of legit end user usage is minimal. I know working with anti-spam efforts that there are several know ISP's that 99% of their traffic is spam. If something like this is implemented it could reduce spam by as much as 80% or more. On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 5:19 PM, Al Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > More brainstorming ideas about this... > > A centralized DB would require a site requiring heavy use since it would > be hit for each edit submission from every participating site. An > alternative would be a subscriber model where the global list (or updates) > is downloaded periodically by subscribers. > > How long to block an IP? I'm not an expert in this area, but what if the > IP is blocked for an extended period of time, such as ONE YEAR. If that IP > ends up being reissued to a legitimate ISP customer and he gets blocked, > that will alert that user that his ISP is either participating in spamming > or is tolerating spammers user of their IPs which is affecting regular > customers. This may sound harsh, but this could force ISPs to address the > problem with their spammer customers. And, there is still a workaround for > the legit user who can usually just reboot their modem to get a new IP > address. > > Just thinking out load... > al > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Al Johnson <[email protected]> > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list < > [email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2013 2:41 PM > Subject: Re: [MediaWiki-l] Wiki spam. Stronger fightback. > > > > Maybe mediawiki sites can unite to keep a global list of these IP's and > block them as soon as they are submitted. Each mediawiki site can > auto-submit a spammer IP as soon as it's discovered to the global list. > What are the problems with this idea? > > Al > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
