[ckan-discuss] CKAN spam

Wed Aug 3 14:34:14 BST 2011

Hmm... now that I check, it doesn't seem that I'm actually blacklisted on
either bsb.empty.us or sc.surbl.org. But TRAC won't let me comment. :/

On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:32 PM, Pablo Mendes <pablomendes at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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