Current events

Bad_Behavior hack

Today I have upgraded the Bad_Behavior hack I had previously installed to the latest version. The older version blocked also good people. I hope the new version won't. (And hope it is still good enough to block spammers).

--Mr.Mouse

WIKI code upgrade!

Yep, I have upgraded the code to the latest version of the WIKI and as you can see, the BMS tag now is ready to be exploited. Thanks to our host for running a few scripts.

--Mr.Mouse

Okay, making progress on my local system. The BMS tag is now more or less done, and any additions will be stored in a MySQL database, pretty neat huh! Also, Captain and I are rather proud of "going official" with Xentax now being a foundation (non-profit organisation). :D

--Mr.Mouse 17:45, 29 June 2006 (EDT)

Working on BMS hack

Just want to say you people are doing a great job at the WIKI. Some very cool ideas are currently being implemented. Next up for me will be a hack that 'll make it possible to tag BMS sections like this:

<bms GAME=Whole-Death AUTHOR=PXR EXT=PAK VERSION=1>

IDString SCREW_YOU_HACKER

Get FN Long 0

For T = 1 To FN

Get FO Long 0

Get FS Long 0

Log "" FO FS 0 0

Next T

</bms>

See what I mean? Then the WIKI parser should save this section in between in a separate base for future reference by other clients.

--Mr.Mouse

Thanks for the compliments! As to the tag, I'll have to experiment a bit to be sure, but the necessary attribute values could be included into the template the end-user works with. I'll probably wait till you implement the hack to try it, though...

Dinoguy1000 17:10, 25 Apr 2006 (EDT)

Countering Spam

We should start to protect pages or block anonymous users from being able to edit. Some of them are lowlife spammers that should be shot without trial --Mr.Mouse

Actually, I've fixed it. Now, only logged in users can edit pages. Note, anonymous users, that this is not a way to discourage you to help out by forcing you to register, it's a way of preventing spammers or spambots to have free access. We hope you understand. --Mr.Mouse

Thanks for disabling anonymous posting - that should hopefully make a difference. It got really annoying - I think I blocked about 25-30 people in 2 days! lets hope never again.

WATTO

Agreed. Too bad it got out of hand. Captain

Hmm... should we unprotect select pages, then? Dinoguy1000

What pages specifically should you want unprotected? Well, we already have our first signed up l0ser spammer called "Bounty". I blocked him for life. 240000 hours should suffice. --Mr.Mouse

Well, we blocked anonymous users, but now bots still log in and spam. The Age Of Empires 3 Talk page seems to be popular. --Mr.Mouse

Yes, but it's a lot less frequent than it was. Captain

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