Porposal for new rules

Submitted by bahaa2008 on Sun, 28/02/2010 - 20:46.
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Hi Eglugers,

I hope you all are fine.

As I'm now moderator, I consider my first task is to fight spam.

We need new rules to define the spam.

I want your suggestions guys.

Yours,
bahaa2008

‹ Resigning from moderation Finally, eglug.org moves to a new home ›

Mollom

Submitted by MSameer on Sun, 28/02/2010 - 22:22.

I personally use mollom.

It doesn't filter everything but it helps. I then have to check the queue and publish the real comments.

WWW: The place for organized randoms!
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we use it

Submitted by linuxawy on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 00:33.

we already use mollom for months now..

it is really helping, but we still have issues with somethings like user registration and so..

Ahmed D. El-Mekkawy

My blog

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Akismet? Captchas? ~~~~~~~~

Submitted by DesertFox on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 01:34.

Akismet? Captchas?

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My blog :)

http://khalidyousif.wordpress.com

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mollom is better

Submitted by linuxawy on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 10:44.

mollom is better than those, already tried before applying mollom

The main point is that we have human spammers, all automated tools such as captchas won't stop them..

IMHO we need new policies, like making the new user unable to post links in his first 3 posts, or denying him to put links in his own profile in the first day or registration, ... etc.

Ahmed D. El-Mekkawy

My blog

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Put links comments in moderation.

Submitted by Pronco on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 11:51.

Yes, every spam needs to have at least one link that is leading to some spammer site. I am presuming that the human spammer always put at least one link unlike the others *normal humans* that wants from time to time to write a comment including links or something.

Check the spam_watchdog module.

This module will check newly added comments. If a link has been found in the comment, the module will put that comment in moderation and send a notification to site admin.

I also recommend mollom.

- http://pronco.manalaa.net

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I like this module

Submitted by linuxawy on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 10:49.

its idea is simple and should be efficient, anyway we can't do it now as it's a drupal6 module, and instead of backporting it, we are planning to upgrade to drupal6 soon isA.

but this only works for comments, may be we need something more than just comments.. sometimes they do new posts, and the main hit we have now is spammer users registered in our site and putting their spam links in the user profile..

Ahmed D. El-Mekkawy

My blog

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Add this to the list

Submitted by bahaa2008 on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 11:57.

Add this to the list

  • "public key" field shouldn't allow to add hyper links "links that starts with http only".
  • only basic "html" on user porfile page ( i suggest < br > , < strong > only).



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What about moderated

Submitted by DesertFox on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 13:52.

What about moderated posts?

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http://khalidyousif.wordpress.com

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You can put suspected spam

Submitted by bahaa2008 on Mon, 01/03/2010 - 14:50.

You can put suspected spam only as in moderation queue.


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I don't like that idea

Submitted by linuxawy on Tue, 02/03/2010 - 10:50.

I don't like my comments to be delayed to be moderated, this will stop the flaw of discussions (if there's a flaw)

Ahmed D. El-Mekkawy

My blog

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