On Tuesday, September 28, 2004, 10:39:59 PM, James wrote:

> Robert McGovern wrote:
>>>You should create a way to generate images with text
>>>verification. This would eliminate spam.
>> 
>> 
>> I think it would slow them down but it wouldn't eliminate them completely.

> If the spam is entered by a script, then the wiki code should be able to
> use some simple heuristics to block the most annoying crap.

> For example, if the diff from the old page to the new page is greater
> than some percentage, or if the new page contains X number of links to
> the same site.

X number of links to _any_ site should be good enough.  Automatic spam
could then go fine-grained to get under the radar, at which time a
secondary heuristic is needed, or X becomes zero.  Your statement
below provides ample justification for that.

> Might this cause a problem for legit users once in a while? Sure. But
> we have that now, with spam clean-up.

Gavin