From: James Britt <jamesUNDERBARb@...>
Date: 2004-09-28T21:39:59+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGarden Spam

Robert McGovern wrote:
>>You should create a way to generate images with text
>>verification. This would eliminate spam.
> 
> 
> I think it would slow them down but it wouldn't eliminate them completely.

If the spam is entered by a script, then the wiki code should be able to 
use some simple heuristics to block the most annoying crap.

For example, if the diff from the old page to the new page is greater 
than some percentage, or if the new page contains X number of links to 
the same site.

Make this Ruby Quiz #2 :)

Might this cause a problem for legit users once in a while? Sure.  But 
we have that now, with spam clean-up.




James Britt