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Résumé : The Administration page now has a "ban contributors" link for Administrators to facilitate banning.
Ajouté(e) :
> == Banning Hosts ==
> The simplest way to ban a host or IP number is to edit BannedHosts. Alternatively, proceed as follows:
> # at the bottom of the page, click on _Administration_
> # click on _Ban contributors_
> # it will list IP numbers and host names and the usernames used, if any
> # IP numbers and host names that aren't banned have a nice, big *Ban!* button next to them
> # click the button and a new entry will be made in BannedHosts
We fight WikiSpam day and night! :)
You’re welcome to come help us out – just ask one of the existing administrators for an admin password. The only real job we have is maintaining BannedContent, BannedRegexps and BannedHosts. These pages contain Perl regular expressions.
Current administrators:
The powers of an administrator:
Old InterMap discussion is at InterMapDiscussion.
The simplest way to ban a host or IP number is to edit BannedHosts. Alternatively, proceed as follows:
Note that these entries are probably useless against spammers that keep changing their IP number. That’s what the next section is about: banning whole ranges.
Whois can tell you whether you should bother banning just one IP, or an entire range. I use http://network-tools.com/ when working on a system that does not provide whois.
So when you notice spammers, first look up their whois info. Find the part showing the range and name of the company, then ban the entire range. Document it here on this page and add a timestamp. We will remove the bans after a few days, hoping that the spammers moved on.