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This page contains '''news''' related to the operation of Gineipaedia. | This page contains '''news''' related to the operation of Gineipaedia. | ||
| - | Rather than update front page with all of the minutiae of running Gineipaedia, i've decided to create this news page; it will function as a catalogue for site changes and project status. Whether i maintain this permanently or just as a temporary affair until the site starts picking up, i haven't decided — it is probably for my own benefit more than anything (especially given the low | + | Rather than update the front page with all of the minutiae of running Gineipaedia, i've decided to create this news page; it will function as a catalogue for site changes and project status. Whether i maintain this permanently or just as a temporary affair until the site starts picking up, i haven't decided — it is probably for my own benefit more than anything (especially given the low traffic here), but perhaps it could be useful to others later, i'm not sure. |
In any case: | In any case: | ||
==2010/02/10== | ==2010/02/10== | ||
| - | ===Spam | + | ===Spam=== |
| + | It turns out that having a publicly editable wiki invites a lot of spam, even when registration is required. (shock) In response to that, i have installed two new extensions that should hopefully eliminate 99% of spam: | ||
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| + | ====ConfirmEdit==== | ||
| + | [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit ConfirmEdit] is an extension that makes users solve captchas in order to proceed with certain actions. Since registration is required to edit the site, i have currently only enabled this at the point of account creation. | ||
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| + | ====SpamBlacklist==== | ||
| + | If a spam bot — or human spammer — manages to solve the captcha, there's [http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist SpamBlacklist]. This is an extension that blocks edits containing links to certain banned URLs (almost all wiki spam comes in the form of URLs; they intend to game search engines this way). The extension pulls spam patterns from two sources: [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist Wikimedia's list], which is quite extensive, and [[MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist|our own]], which so far contains patterns matching past offenders. | ||
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| + | ===Misc.=== | ||
| + | Updates have slowed recently. Other things going on, feeling slightly burnt-out after editing something like 250 articles i think in less than a month? However, i am still excited to get this off the ground. Hopefully in the next few weeks i will get back some of my stamina. | ||
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| + | ==Previously== | ||
| + | Briefly: | ||
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| + | *Dates: Standard date format is UC, unless we're referring to something from earlier. All dates should use the [[Template:D|date template]]. <nowiki>{{d|799|uc}}</nowiki> = {{d|799|uc}} | ||
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| + | *I have a great deal of appearance information that can be added for maybe the first half of the OVA series. I have it spread across a few documents and will be adding it as the mood strikes me. | ||
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| + | *I would like to work on a new theme, a new logo, and possibly even a new name (although i'm not sure about the name — it is somewhat unique after all; i'm not sure we'll find anything better). However, this can wait until after we get more content. | ||
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| + | [[Category:Browse]] | ||
Revision as of 10:39, 10 February 2011
This page contains news related to the operation of Gineipaedia.
Rather than update the front page with all of the minutiae of running Gineipaedia, i've decided to create this news page; it will function as a catalogue for site changes and project status. Whether i maintain this permanently or just as a temporary affair until the site starts picking up, i haven't decided — it is probably for my own benefit more than anything (especially given the low traffic here), but perhaps it could be useful to others later, i'm not sure.
In any case:
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2010/02/10
Spam
It turns out that having a publicly editable wiki invites a lot of spam, even when registration is required. (shock) In response to that, i have installed two new extensions that should hopefully eliminate 99% of spam:
ConfirmEdit
ConfirmEdit is an extension that makes users solve captchas in order to proceed with certain actions. Since registration is required to edit the site, i have currently only enabled this at the point of account creation.
SpamBlacklist
If a spam bot — or human spammer — manages to solve the captcha, there's SpamBlacklist. This is an extension that blocks edits containing links to certain banned URLs (almost all wiki spam comes in the form of URLs; they intend to game search engines this way). The extension pulls spam patterns from two sources: Wikimedia's list, which is quite extensive, and our own, which so far contains patterns matching past offenders.
Misc.
Updates have slowed recently. Other things going on, feeling slightly burnt-out after editing something like 250 articles i think in less than a month? However, i am still excited to get this off the ground. Hopefully in the next few weeks i will get back some of my stamina.
Previously
Briefly:
- Dates: Standard date format is UC, unless we're referring to something from earlier. All dates should use the date template. {{d|799|uc}} = 799 UC (1 NIC / 490 IC / 3599 CE)
- I have a great deal of appearance information that can be added for maybe the first half of the OVA series. I have it spread across a few documents and will be adding it as the mood strikes me.
- I would like to work on a new theme, a new logo, and possibly even a new name (although i'm not sure about the name — it is somewhat unique after all; i'm not sure we'll find anything better). However, this can wait until after we get more content.
