Over the last few days, somebody going by the name RicradToler has been making obscene additions to Wiki4D pages.  It's happened at least four times so far.

It's about time he/she/it was stopped.  Does ProWiki provide any means of blocking abusers like Wikipedia does?

Stewart.

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On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:18:04 +0100, Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Over the last few days, somebody going by the name RicradToler has been making obscene additions to Wiki4D pages.  It's happened at least four times so far.
>
> It's about time he/she/it was stopped.  Does ProWiki provide any means of blocking abusers like Wikipedia does?

And does it log IP addresses so we can 'find' them and 'convince' them to stop? <evil grin>

Regan

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> Over the last few days, somebody going by the name RicradToler has been making obscene additions to Wiki4D pages.  It's happened at least four times so far.
> 
> It's about time he/she/it was stopped.  Does ProWiki provide any means of blocking abusers like Wikipedia does?

I think that Helmut can block his IP and/or user name. I just sent him a message bringing up the problem.

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Stewart Gordon wrote:
> Over the last few days, somebody going by the name RicradToler has been making obscene additions to Wiki4D pages.  It's happened at least four times so far.
> 
> It's about time he/she/it was stopped.  Does ProWiki provide any means of blocking abusers like Wikipedia does?
> 
> Stewart.
> 

I have been getting a file not found error for any wiki4d related files. Is it related to RicradToler? In particular I wanted to have a look at this page:

http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?WindowsAPI

nobody wrote:
> I have been getting a file not found error for any wiki4d related files. Is it related to RicradToler? In particular I wanted to have a look at this page:
> 
> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?WindowsAPI

The page loads ok when I try it.

Walter Bright wrote:
> nobody wrote:
>> I have been getting a file not found error for any wiki4d related files. Is it related to RicradToler? In particular I wanted to have a look at this page:
>>
>> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?WindowsAPI
> 
> The page loads ok when I try it.

That is really strange. This is what I am seeing:
----------------
Program error:

Error opening file /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/wiki4d/user/9/15289.dp: No such file or directory
Script= /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/wiki4d/wiki.cgi
Function= FileRetStr Line= 1970

nobody wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> nobody wrote:
>>> I have been getting a file not found error for any wiki4d related files. Is it related to RicradToler? In particular I wanted to have a look at this page:
>>>
>>> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?WindowsAPI
>>
>> The page loads ok when I try it.
> 
> That is really strange. This is what I am seeing:
> ----------------
> Program error:
> 
> Error opening file /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/wiki4d/user/9/15289.dp: No such file or directory
> Script= /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/wiki4d/wiki.cgi
> Function= FileRetStr Line= 1970

Ok I feel silly now. I got it to work in IE then killed the FF cookie and now I can see it without problems. Thanks for the help. I am sorry for any trouble.

Regan Heath wrote:
> On Tue, 05 Sep 2006 22:18:04 +0100, Stewart Gordon <smjg_1998@yahoo.com>  wrote:
> 
>> Over the last few days, somebody going by the name RicradToler has been  making obscene additions to Wiki4D pages.  It's happened at least four  times so far.
>>
>> It's about time he/she/it was stopped.  Does ProWiki provide any means  of blocking abusers like Wikipedia does?
> 
> 
> And does it log IP addresses so we can 'find' them and 'convince' them to  stop? <evil grin>
> 
> Regan

sorry for inconveniences with the spam.

ProWiki logs the IPs and shows them on RecentChanges.

Admins can block IPs or ranges using commands like
   ...wiki.cgi?action=kill&ip=123.12.12.123
   ...wiki.cgi?action=kill&ip=123.12.12

Actually very little spam comes through because blocking is server-wide,
so spammers are usually blocked in one of the other 50+ wiki projects
that reside an this server.

nobody wrote:
> nobody wrote:
> 
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>
>>> nobody wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have been getting a file not found error for any wiki4d related files. Is it related to RicradToler? In particular I wanted to have a look at this page:
>>>>
>>>> http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?WindowsAPI
>>>
>>>
>>> The page loads ok when I try it.
>>
>>
>> That is really strange. This is what I am seeing:
>> ----------------
>> Program error:
>>
>> Error opening file /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/wiki4d/user/9/15289.dp: No such file or directory
>> Script= /usr/local/etc/httpd/htdocs/wiki4d/wiki.cgi
>> Function= FileRetStr Line= 1970
> 
> 
> Ok I feel silly now. I got it to work in IE then killed the FF cookie and now I can see it without problems. Thanks for the help. I am sorry for any trouble.

Sorry, you have no reason to feel silly. For some reason the cookie stored
in your browser referred to a user data file that didn't exist.

This shouldn't happen - or - more exactly, should be tolerated by the
wiki software (sometimes server admins delete old or unused files).

Actually you are pointing me to bug in ProWiki and helping me to improve
the software (hopefully the next release will contain the fix).

Your way of deleting the cookie and starting fresh this way is the
simplest work-around and the action I would have suggested.

Thank you for feedback.