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This wiki is open for editing by anyone which means we do get quite a lot of 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. | This wiki is open for editing by anyone which means we do get quite a lot of 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, click on it and delete it! | * If you see a page that shouldn't be there, click on it and delete it! | ||
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* 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. |