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Propeller Wiki Defaced!!

potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
edited 2009-08-22 05:41 in Propeller 1
I've set the Wiki permissions to change and comment to "group only".

If you need to make an edit to the Propeller Wiki, please just sign up and let's get you approved. If you have any other problems, let me or Cardboardguru know.

I just caught this not even an hour ago, and locked things down to limit the damage.

Sorry to have to do that. I'm exporting an archive of the whole thing right now...

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  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2009-08-22 00:55
    I have captured an archive of this Wiki as it stands right now. Gotta run and do family stuff. I'll pick through it and see just what was done, and I can compare to the earlier snapshot made a month or so ago.

    If you see anything out of the ordinary, shoot me a PM or e-mail please.

    Thanks.

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  • Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi)Phil Pilgrim (PhiPi) Posts: 23,514
    edited 2009-08-22 01:35
    Have you been able to capture the IP address of the miscreant?

    -Phil
  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2009-08-22 01:42
    This part of the change? http://propeller.wikispaces.com/page/diff/home/85145327
    Definitely looks like it shouldn't be there...

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  • w8anw8an Posts: 176
    edited 2009-08-22 01:57
    This doesn't belong either.. http://propeller.wikispaces.com/page/diff/home/85145217

    ..Steve
  • MicrocontrolledMicrocontrolled Posts: 2,461
    edited 2009-08-22 02:03
    That is just wrong! DEFINATLY LOCK IT!! I wonder if the jerk who did that is on this forums?

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  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2009-08-22 02:12
    You could send her a message. I can't, I'm not a member. Anyone who is mind telling her a few nasty words?
    Date and author: Today 5:06 pm by elle-3113-sm.jpg elle-3113
    Edit: trouble getting the format right

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    Post Edited (Pi Guy) : 8/22/2009 2:21:34 AM GMT
  • jazzedjazzed Posts: 11,803
    edited 2009-08-22 02:23
    Well if nothing else, the wiki is a little less obscure now ... Irony not sarcasm.

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  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2009-08-22 02:24
    Yeah, that's the user.

    It's not somebody from here. My guess is somebody just being lousy.

    Rolling back pages now...

    No IP, just the username. I'm not sure wikispaces captures IP. Truth is I'm checking out options. It might, or I might be able to find out.

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  • WhitWhit Posts: 4,191
    edited 2009-08-22 02:30
    Thanks for getting things restored potatohead...

    What a shame.

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  • P!-RoP!-Ro Posts: 1,189
    edited 2009-08-22 02:36
    Can you also remove it from the history? If you can't then at least it is gone from the main page.
    http://propeller.wikispaces.com/page/history/home

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  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2009-08-22 02:38
    All cleaned up.

    They didn't do much, and that's the beauty of revision history! (I do PLM / PDM for a living --this is kind of like that)

    Sent an e-mail to the Wiki members to look things over.

    I'll let this thread stand as a reminder to just sign up and use the wiki. Wikispaces doesn't spam you, and you can leave almost no real info, if that's your worry.

    Early on, over half the edits were from guests and nearly every edit made sense.

    Now, it's less than 5 percent from guests and they still nearly all make sense.

    In those respects, we are in good shape. Those that use it, are almost all members of it.

    Just FYI, we see a request or two per month. Nearly all are from these forums. Nice job everybody!

    I didn't send a nasty gram. Here's the thing on that. When dealing with this Smile, particularly on a service like this, the most that can happen is an admin can lock an account. Accounts are free and easy, meaning the baddie can just create as many sockpuppets as they want. (internet version of doppleganger) So, we lose.

    Better to just shore up the permissions and watch group membership. We win.

    Some things about the net are frustrating like this. It's nearly always better not to escalate a drive by defacing like this, because power struggles with pseudo-anonymous people are a loser. They want the buzz from pissing people off, and the more attention they get, the bigger the buzz is!!

    Phil, I didn't see an IP option, and that leads me down the "contact the admin" path, where a lot of effort can be spent with almost NO prospect of a reward.

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  • BradCBradC Posts: 2,601
    edited 2009-08-22 02:39
    Pi Guy said...
    You could send her a message. I can't, I'm not a member. Anyone who is mind telling her a few nasty words?




    Date and author: Today 5:06 pm by elle-3113-sm.jpg<FONT color=#0000ff>elle-3113
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    That's a really, really tiny picture but it *looks* like Elle MacPherson. With the profile simply saying "hahagotcha" I somehow don't think we are dealing with a real user [noparse];)[/noparse]

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    lt's not particularly silly, is it?
  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2009-08-22 02:41
    The idea is to NOT remove it from the history. That's revision history in a nut shell. The fact that it is in there is no big deal. We simply revert to the last known good page and continue on.

    I'll do another HTML export, so that we have a history free capture of just the info. I have done this every so often for a while, just in case. When working in the cloud with freebies, sometimes things happen. Should that ever happen here, I'll dump it to the forum and we can decide where to host it / rebuild it and continue on.

    Thanks for the quick crowd sourcing effort to examine the thing. Appreciated.

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  • potatoheadpotatohead Posts: 10,261
    edited 2009-08-22 02:42
    BradC -- Exactly! It's a drive by deface. They signed up, played their game and will be highly likely to move on.

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  • AleAle Posts: 2,363
    edited 2009-08-22 05:41
    I'm very fond of the wiki, I think it is a brillant idea. And version control makes it great. From time to time these things happen, there are too many people ith too little to do. Let's secure it as good as possible and move on. Fantastic work potatohead!

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