Namespaces
Variants
Actions

Difference between revisions of "User talk:EddieBates"

From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Jump to: navigation, search
(→‎Something is wrong: More observations)
 
(5 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 5: Line 5:
 
For example, we could let users reconfirm their wish to get an acount by email, There are several possibilities, see e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot#Forum_spambots], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XRumer]. --[[User:Rehmann|Ulf Rehmann]] 23:44, 20 January 2012 (CET)
 
For example, we could let users reconfirm their wish to get an acount by email, There are several possibilities, see e.g. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spambot#Forum_spambots], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XRumer]. --[[User:Rehmann|Ulf Rehmann]] 23:44, 20 January 2012 (CET)
  
−
: Typical solutions tend to be broken by newer spambots. Something like [[User talk:Ulf Rehmann#Keeping spammers away|this]] could be more effective. --[[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] 07:56, 21 January 2012 (CET)
+
{{MSC|60F10}}
  
−
== Something is wrong ==
+
[[Category:Limit theorems]]
  
−
I try to edit [[Convergence of measures]] as usual (just adding MSC and category); but as a result the page becomes empty. (Twice.) --[[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] 16:26, 7 February 2012 (CET)
+
: Typical solutions tend to be broken by newer spambots. Something like [[User talk:Ulf Rehmann#Keeping spammers away|this]] could be more effective. --[[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] 07:56, 21 January 2012 (CET)
−
: I cannot confirm this: I edited the page twice, the first time under my admin account, and by adding MSC, the second time under my account TestUser with just ordinary user permission, and by adding the tex category "TeX wanted". Everything worked fine, as it seems. --[[User:Ulf Rehmann|Ulf Rehmann]] 19:00, 7 February 2012 (CET)
 
−
:: Rather mysterious. I got it again, this time on [[Cramér theorem]]. I added
 
−
 
 
−
::<nowiki>
 
−
{{MSC|60F10}}
 
−
</nowiki>
 
−
 
 
−
::<nowiki>
 
−
[[Category:Limit theorems]]
 
−
</nowiki>
 
−
 
 
−
::did "Show preview" (nothing strange here) and then "Save", and got the empty page! --[[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] 20:08, 7 February 2012 (CET)
 
−
 
 
−
:: More observations. This time I was not asked to answer an arithmetic question; but the previous time I was, with the explanation "since you are adding an external link". More: I use exactly the same browser and system as all the time before. --[[User:Boris Tsirelson|Boris Tsirelson]] 20:12, 7 February 2012 (CET)
 

Latest revision as of 19:30, 10 February 2012

Hi,

We seem to have some trouble with many spammers. Can we do something to prevent them to get an account?

For example, we could let users reconfirm their wish to get an acount by email, There are several possibilities, see e.g. [1], [2]. --Ulf Rehmann 23:44, 20 January 2012 (CET)

2020 Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 60F10 [MSN][ZBL]

Typical solutions tend to be broken by newer spambots. Something like this could be more effective. --Boris Tsirelson 07:56, 21 January 2012 (CET)
How to Cite This Entry:
EddieBates. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=EddieBates&oldid=20878
Retrieved from "https://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=User_talk:EddieBates&oldid=20956"