[Trac-tickets] Re: [The Trac Project] #1145: Provide link spam prevention

[The Trac Project]

#1145: Provide link spam prevention
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 Reporter:  Matthew Good <trac at matt-good.net>  |        Owner:  jonas   
     Type:  enhancement                        |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  high                               |    Milestone:          
Component:  general                            |      Version:  0.8     
 Severity:  normal                             |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  link spam                          |  
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Changes (by cmlenz):

  * summary:  Add Google anti-comment-spam support to external links =>
              Provide link spam prevention
  * status:  closed => reopened
  * resolution:  wontfix =>
  * priority:  normal => high
  * keywords:  comment spam => link spam
  * component:  wiki => general

Comment:

 Reopening, and changing the subject to reflect the more general nature of
 the discussion. The problem here is link spamming, which applies to both
 wiki edits, new tickets, and ticket comments.

 I'd prefer if we kept all the discussion related to link spam here in this
 ticket. I.e. we shouldn't open new tickets for specific techniques,
 because no single technique (such as blacklisting) will be a real solution
 to the problem. It's the combination of techniques that has a chance to
 really work. We should take a good look at
 [http://bradchoate.com/weblog/2005/04/07/spamlookup SpamLookup].

 A related problem is that while the Wiki system provides a way for admins
 to completely remove spam, spam in tickets requires direct database
 modifications. See #454 for a discussion on editing/deleting ticket
 comments.

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