I’ll be more careful with “Ban this IP” option in the future, which I used to uncheck during the spam siege a few months back, but didn’t in this case. Apparently the IP is only blocked for a day or so. I’ve removed it from the block list, please check if it works and write back if it doesn’t.
Honestly, I have no problem not editing the wiki for a few days if it helps block spammers. It’s not like I am adding anything critical. I was just confused.
It’d only be necessary to block spammers by IP if they actually relapse (and after a captcha mod was installed, spammers are not a problem), but the fact that you share IP with a spammer suggests that you should check your computer’s security.
Well, in the last week I’ve probably had at least three IP address assigned to my computer while editing the wiki. It is hard to know where to begin. I think someone I know has a good program to detect outgoing traffic… that may work.
I’ll be more careful with “Ban this IP” option in the future, which I used to uncheck during the spam siege a few months back, but didn’t in this case. Apparently the IP is only blocked for a day or so. I’ve removed it from the block list, please check if it works and write back if it doesn’t.
It works again.
Honestly, I have no problem not editing the wiki for a few days if it helps block spammers. It’s not like I am adding anything critical. I was just confused.
It’d only be necessary to block spammers by IP if they actually relapse (and after a captcha mod was installed, spammers are not a problem), but the fact that you share IP with a spammer suggests that you should check your computer’s security.
Well, in the last week I’ve probably had at least three IP address assigned to my computer while editing the wiki. It is hard to know where to begin. I think someone I know has a good program to detect outgoing traffic… that may work.