[WikiEN-l] Re: Re: Spambots

Sun Apr 10 06:51:35 UTC 2005

David 'DJ' Hedley wrote in gmane.science.linguistics.wikipedia.english:

>> OK I take that back. I count 30 edits per minute not 100, which is
>> pretty typical for a page blanking spree with just a browser. So that
>> means the vandal is probably more bored and mischievious than depraved.

> I was watching the recent changes IRC room. The edits were flooding the
> room at times, then the bot was stopping, then flooding again. I imagine
> it was actually a bot doing it, not a human, and obviously it was blocked
> quickly. It was going at a rapid rate, too fast for a browser user.

that's quite consistent with someone loading some edit pages in browser
tabs, submitting them all at once, and then loading a few more.  i've done
it before myself, though for slightly more legitimite purposes...

kate.