# Ruby on Rails Wiki full of spam? **URL:** \ **Category:** Rails\ **Created:** [September 22, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592 "2006-09-22T01:50:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592/1 "2006-09-22T01:50:34Z")
Is it just me? A few google searches has brought up wiki pages on specific topics i’ve been searching for, only to be filled with spam. Do people know about this? I have come across several pages. Example: [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/TextMate](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/TextMate) ---
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 11:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592/2 "2006-09-22T11:30:50Z")
Not just you. Every page I hit I had to revert back to find something useful. Vish ---
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 11:52am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592/3 "2006-09-22T11:52:15Z")
I tried to go back in history so I could revert but I got an error. Joe ---
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:29pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592/4 "2006-09-22T18:29:49Z")
Jesse, They are having a massive problem with spam from spam bots. It is also hitting Trac systems related to rails. I have seen estimates that put comment spam on blogs at over 80% of comments. Every time I go to one of these sites I must take time to roll back the spam pages. It drives me nuts. The wiki people are aware of the problem. The amount of spam could easily be reduced by implementing a captcha system of some type (Q&A, image, etc.) or a bayesian filter. I am unsure why they have not implemented something. With all of the spam the wiki is of much less value. Also, the spam is bad because Google will be searching garbage. I suppose the wiki maintainers are too busy to address the problem. ---
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 7:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592/5 "2006-09-22T19:36:10Z")
On Sep 22, 2006, at 9:46 AM, Craig W. wrote: > > me nuts. > > the wiki has been rendered useless by all of this crap - it’s too bad > since a few months ago, it was one of the best resources for ROR > > I would help to clean it up but not in its present state - I am sure > that there are many others who feel likewise - yes, I have reverted > some > pages. > > Craig ``` The wiki is known to suck guys, everyone knows it. But rest assured ``` it is being worked on. I’m on a small team called friends of the wiki is working on migrating the entire wiki to Jim W.'s Ruse wiki engine that is built to be spam safe. Its the same engine that runs the rubygarden wiki now and it has pretty much stopped spam altogether. So be patient as we are all busy, but know that it is being worked on. Cheers- -Ezra ---
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592/6 "2006-09-23T00:58:40Z")
On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 10:32 -0700, Ezra Z. wrote: > > > comment spam on blogs at over 80% of comments. Every time I go to one > > > I suppose the wiki maintainers are too busy to address the problem. > > > > Craig > > The wiki is known to suck guys, everyone knows it. But rest assured > it is being worked on. I’m on a small team called friends of the wiki > is working on migrating the entire wiki to Jim W.'s Ruse wiki > engine that is built to be spam safe. Its the same engine that runs > the rubygarden wiki now and it has pretty much stopped spam > altogether. So be patient as we are all busy, but know that it is > being worked on. * * * we’re not worthy we’re not worthy we’re not worthy 😉 thanks Craig ---
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592/7 "2006-09-22T18:55:55Z")
On Fri, 2006-09-22 at 16:20 +0000, DrMark wrote: > image, etc.) or a bayesian filter. I am unsure why they have not > implemented something. With all of the spam the wiki is of much less > value. Also, the spam is bad because Google will be searching garbage. > I suppose the wiki maintainers are too busy to address the problem. * * * I’m glad they fixed the mail list issues and the trac issues the wiki has been rendered useless by all of this crap - it’s too bad since a few months ago, it was one of the best resources for ROR I would help to clean it up but not in its present state - I am sure that there are many others who feel likewise - yes, I have reverted some pages. Craig ---
**Author:** ![caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@caiwangqin](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/caiwangqin)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 10:15am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-on-rails-wiki-full-of-spam/69592/8 "2006-10-07T10:15:50Z")
A slight workaround while the new wiki is being prepared, that helps a bit, is to use the Search with Google option to search for the topic you want and then you can use the “cache” link to get the real page if it has been spammed over. Tony