From: Curt Hibbs <curt@...>
Date: 2004-09-28T22:08:42+09:00
Subject: Re: RubyGarden Spam

trans. (T. Onoma) wrote:
> 
> Here's an idea. 
> 
> I was considering the potential of moderation. And I also 
> recalled someone 
> else pointing out that spammers are interested in one thing: 
> external links 
> --and they had suggested we just get rid of external links 
> altogether. Both 
> are too much. But then it hit me: combine the two!
> 
>   If a page edit adds an external link, then the page has to be
>   approved by moderator.

That's a very good idea!

The spammers typical add a hundred or so external links to a page. So, requiring approval for more than, say, two external links on a page would ease the burden on legitimate users, while limiting spammers.

Curt