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* External links in this wiki have the '''rel=nofollow''' attribute, which means Google will ignore them and a spammer will get no Google ranking boost from the wiki at all. Therefore, spamming is pointless. However, since spammers either do not read this information or do not understand or believe it, several other measures have been taken: | * External links in this wiki have the '''rel=nofollow''' attribute, which means Google will ignore them and a spammer will get no Google ranking boost from the wiki at all. Therefore, spamming is pointless. However, since spammers either do not read this information or do not understand or believe it, several other measures have been taken: | ||
* IP filtering: users identified by IP adresses corresponding to known [[:Wikipedia:Open_proxy|open proxies]] are not allowed to make edits | * IP filtering: users identified by [[:Wikipedia:Ip_address|IP adresses]] corresponding to known [[:Wikipedia:Open_proxy|open proxies]] are not allowed to make edits | ||
* Spam text filtering: edits containing typical spam words (viagra etc.) or spam site links are rejected automatically | * Spam text filtering: edits containing typical spam words (viagra etc.) or spam site links are rejected automatically | ||
* Robot filtering: [http://recaptcha.net/ Recaptcha] is triggered for account creation | * Robot filtering: [http://recaptcha.net/ Recaptcha] is triggered for account creation | ||