[ckan-discuss] CKAN spam

Wed Aug 3 14:32:00 BST 2011

I tried to comment there, but apparently my IP is in some spam lists. I'll
check on that. But meanwhile, here were my comments:

What about this:

Packages:
- captcha required to edit URL field
- new packages get a rel="nofollow" that is removed after a probation period
(a week?)
- packages flagged as spam keep the rel="nofollow" until an admin deletes
either the flag or the package.

Users:
- Flagged users get all of their packages automatically tagged with
rel="nofollow".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nofollow

On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 3:28 PM, David Read <david.read at okfn.org> wrote:

> On 2 August 2011 12:33, Pablo Mendes <pablomendes at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sure, I'd love to help.
> > What about users? Is there any mechanism for keeping spammers away?
>
> No, but we've started a dev discussion about what to implement. Join
> the conversation at: http://trac.ckan.org/ticket/1257
>
> David
>
> > Cheers,
> > Pablo
> >
> > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 1:01 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Pablo (and Bill),
> >>
> >> Would you be interested in becoming sysadmins on theDataHhub (formerly
> >> known as ckan.net!)? Being a sysadmin means, among other things, that
> >> you can mark revisions and packages for deletion and then "purge" them
> >> from the trash (at ckan-admin/trash).
> >>
> >> Rufus
> >>
> >> On 2 August 2011 10:50, Pablo Mendes <pablomendes at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > I've had the itch to flag packages and authors as spam/spammers
> myself.
> >> > Any plans to incorporate such features?
> >> > Cheers,
> >> > Pablo
> >> >
> >> > On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 10:17 AM, Lucy Chambers <
> lucy.chambers at okfn.org>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Bill,
> >> >>
> >> >> Thanks very much. Cc'ing CKAN-discuss.
> >> >>
> >> >> @Team, In history I can only compare versions, I don't appear to
> >> >> actually be able to roll back with my level of access, otherwise I
> >> >> would do this myself.
> >> >>
> >> >> L
> >> >>
> >> >> On Tue, Aug 2, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Bill Roberts <bill at swirrl.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> > Hi Lucy
> >> >> > Not sure who is responsible for maintaining CKAN, so perhaps you
> >> >> > could
> >> >> > forward this to the right person for me.
> >> >> > I noticed a couple of recent spam packages have been added to
> >> >> > ckan.net
> >> >> > and
> >> >> > appear at the top of the front page (as the newest entries). I
> don't
> >> >> > seem to
> >> >> > have the rights to delete them myself but perhaps someone could do
> >> >> > some
> >> >> > tidying up.
> >> >> > Best regards
> >> >> > Bill
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
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