[wp-docs] codex spam

[Otto]

Normally when you block a person, there's a checkbox to autoblock the
IP as well. Of course, that can be worked around, but if that isn't
effective, we can take more strenuous measures.

Of course, there is no guaranteed way to ever block anybody for
certain. You just have to set the bar high enough to make it not worth
the trouble.

-Otto



On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Lorelle on WordPress
<lorelleonwordpress at gmail.com> wrote:
> He keeps reopening accounts, so Thor has been ineffective with his
> hammer. mrmist has had conversations with him asking him to stop and
> nothing has stopped. nofollow is ineffective as it leaves the crap
> while taking away nothing. Search engines stopped recognizing nofollow
> a long time ago, if they ever really did.
>
> Hopefully protecting the page so only admins can edit will stop it for
> now but we need to know if there is an IP block or something similar
> that will prevent his accessing the Codex, unless he's smart enough to
> use a proxy. There are ways around everything, so protecting the page
> from edits seems to be the best bet, as that is the one is he
> targeting. If he starts on another page... sigh.
>
> This has been a problem since the beginning but this person is beyond
> persistent. It's a really strange case and kudos to mrmist for staying
> on top of this above and beyond the call of duty.
>
> Lorelle
>
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 10:23 AM, Otto <otto at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:04 PM, John O'Nolan <john.wp at onolan.org> wrote:
>>> The simplest way to get rid of him would be to automatically add
>>> rel="nofollow" to all external anchor tags inside the codex.
>>
>> Or I can just go all Thor with the ban hammer and delete his account.
>>
>> What's the page he's editing, or username, or what have you?
>>
>> -Otto
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