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== Fighting spam and patrolling pages == | == Fighting spam and patrolling pages == | ||
This wiki is open for editing | This wiki is open for editing for everybody which means we do get quite spam. [[Mako]] has scripts which help more-or-less automatically blow away new pages that are created by spammers so you can ignore these. The scripts run every few weeks. | ||
You can help fight these by patrolling new edits to existing pages | You can help fight these by patrolling new edits to existing pages [https://wiki.communitydata.science/Special:RecentChanges?hidebots=1&reviewStatus=unpatrolled&hidenewpages=1&hidelog=1&limit=500&days=90&enhanced=1&urlversion=2 on this link] and doing the following things: | ||
* If you see a page that shouldn't be there | * If you see a see page that shouldn't be there. Click on it and delete it! | ||
* If something is a spam edit, you should remove it. If it's just a single spam edit you can usually just click '''[rollback 1 edit]''' or something similar. If there are | * If something is a spam edit, you should remove it. If it's just a single spam edit you can usually just click '''[rollback 1 edit]''' or something similar. If there are mutliple edits, you can go into the history tab, click on the time and date for the last good edit, click edit, and then click save. By editing and saving a previous version of the page, you will revert the page to the version that you edited. | ||
If the edit is a good one ''or if it's a bad edit that you have already reverted'' (i.e., if it's not something we need to deal with or look at any more) you should mark it patrolled: | If the edit is a good one ''or if it's a bad edit that you have already reverted'' (i.e., if it's not something we need to deal with or look at any more) you should mark it patrolled: | ||
* For individual edits (which do not have a ▶️ on the line with them) click on the '''diff''' link (typically opening it in a new tab). If it looks good, just click '''[Mark as patrolled]''' | * For individual edits (which do not have a ▶️ on the line with them) click on the '''diff''' link (typically opening it in a new tab). If it looks good, just click '''[Mark as patrolled]''' | ||
* For groups of edits, (which have a ▶️ on the line with them), click the ▶️ to expand things and then either | * For groups of edits, (which have a ▶️ on the line with them), click the ▶️ to expand things and then either | ||
== User rights == | == User rights == | ||
In general, anybody who is not a spambot should be made an '''administrator'''. Admins don't have to solve CAPTCHAs (''hooray!'') and can delete pages and such. | In general, anybody who is not a spambot should be made an '''administrator''' or a '''sysop''' (it's the same). Admins don't have to solve CAPTCHAs (''hooray!'') and can delete pages and such. | ||
Anybody who is part of the group should be made a '''bureaucrat''' as well. Bureaucrats can make other people into admins. | Anybody who is part of the group should be made a '''bureaucrat''' as well. Bureaucrats can make other people into admins. | ||
To make someone an admin you navigate to the [[Special:Userrights]] page, type in the username (like [[Special:Userrights/Benjamin Mako Hill]]) and then add the appropriate bits by checking the boxes. | To make someone an admin you navigate to the [[Special:Userrights]] page, type in the username (like [[Special:Userrights/Benjamin Mako Hill]]) and then add the appropriate bits by checking the boxes. |