Meiko Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 (edited) By request, I re-enabled user registration on BS01 and HS01. Now you can go to http://www.biosector01.com/wiki/index.php/Special:CreateAccount or http://hf.biosector01.com/wiki/Special:CreateAccount and claim your username like you've been waiting to for months. I'll install a CAPTCHA tomorrow to prevent spambots, but for now, you should be good to go. Edited June 25, 2013 by Meiko Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creep Of The Deep Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Dang it Meiko I was going to post this. Quote Do not trust corrupted memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 Dang it Meiko I was going to post this.Hey but I enabled it. :3 Learn PHP, add Black Six on AIM, and then you can post it. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creep Of The Deep Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Dang it Meiko I was going to post this.Hey but I enabled it. :3 Learn PHP, add Black Six on AIM, and then you can post it. Yeah but.But...Oh whatever. At least they're up now. Don't forget about the Captchas, spambots will tear the place apart otherwise. Quote Do not trust corrupted memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 Dang it Meiko I was going to post this.Hey but I enabled it. :3 Learn PHP, add Black Six on AIM, and then you can post it. Yeah but.But...Oh whatever. At least they're up now. Don't forget about the Captchas, spambots will tear the place apart otherwise. You can use Special:Block. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta of Time Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Can I ask one question before I finalize my new profile, is there a reason why I should? Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swert Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Can I ask one question before I finalize my new profile, is there a reason why I should? Just curious.The best reason to register is for the ability to edit BS01 and HS01. The ability to create a custom user page is also a perk. You can also set a skin that we provide on the preferences tab.Sadly I don't have very many other perks that I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure someone will think about more as soon as I post this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makuta of Time Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Sounds like a great idea. I'll gladly redo it since I closed the tab. Few minutes later Done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 I can add more perks if people suggest them. As it is BS01 is really boring and there is no incentive for new editors to join or for people to edit. I can change that. :3 Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorek Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 >insert something about knowledge being its own reward Quote BS01's Ambassador (Like us, Follow us) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopekemaster Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 Hooray! I've been waiting to make an account for a while (and fix a few errors/typos I noticed). By the way, Meiko, the link to Create Account on Biosector01 isn't working, however, the one on HFsector01 is. Quote My Writing Blog (more writing coming soon!) My Bionicle/LEGO Blog (defunct) Hyfudiar on Spotify (noise/drone/experimental music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Hohenheim Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 >insert something about knowledge being its own reward well, you don't need an account to get the knowledge Quote Previously known as Aiwendil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 Hooray! I've been waiting to make an account for a while (and fix a few errors/typos I noticed). By the way, Meiko, the link to Create Account on Biosector01 isn't working, however, the one on HFsector01 is.Oh right, that's an extension I'm working on to help against spambots. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creep Of The Deep Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 This better work, Meiko. Quote Do not trust corrupted memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopekemaster Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 By the way, I love the cat pictures. That's an ingenious spambot-catcher. Quote My Writing Blog (more writing coming soon!) My Bionicle/LEGO Blog (defunct) Hyfudiar on Spotify (noise/drone/experimental music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creep Of The Deep Posted June 25, 2013 Share Posted June 25, 2013 By the way, I love the cat pictures. That's an ingenious spambot-catcher. Isn't that successful though. Quote Do not trust corrupted memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 25, 2013 Author Share Posted June 25, 2013 By the way, I love the cat pictures. That's an ingenious spambot-catcher. Except it isn't very secure at all. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopekemaster Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 By the way, I love the cat pictures. :DThat's an ingenious spambot-catcher.Except it isn't very secure at all.Really?! I would have figured that it would have worked great. Quote My Writing Blog (more writing coming soon!) My Bionicle/LEGO Blog (defunct) Hyfudiar on Spotify (noise/drone/experimental music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creep Of The Deep Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 It apparently is outdated. But it should get fixed by Friday, which would mean no more spambots annoying us. Quote Do not trust corrupted memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swert Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Okay folks, after FIFTY FOUR spambots registered over 2 days, I'm forced to just disable it again until Friday, which is when I can fix it.However, registration is still allowed on HS01. So far, spambots rarely, if ever, go there anyway. We might be safe for now letting it stay open over there.Any account registered on HS01 will still create an account for BS01. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopekemaster Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Geez, I thought CATS (Catching Annoying Terrible Spambots) would have worked better. :(But thank you all SO much for opening it even for a few days in which I could finally make an account. Quote My Writing Blog (more writing coming soon!) My Bionicle/LEGO Blog (defunct) Hyfudiar on Spotify (noise/drone/experimental music) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 (edited) Okay folks, after FIFTY FOUR spambots registered over 2 days, I'm forced to just disable it again until Friday, which is when I can fix it.However, registration is still allowed on HS01. So far, spambots rarely, if ever, go there anyway. We might be safe for now letting it stay open over there.Any account registered on HS01 will still create an account for BS01.Hey did you know that the way spambots work, is, if they can't create an account on a site, they log that site, and frequently will try to revisit them. What you should do is CheckUser them and block the IP address from creating anymore accounts, ever. That's how you take care of spambots, not by detracting good users as well. By disabling it, you're losing possible contributors as well as stacking the number of "in-queue" spambots up, so you're really just making it harder on yourself. Edited June 26, 2013 by Meiko Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zox Tomana Posted June 26, 2013 Share Posted June 26, 2013 Okay folks, after FIFTY FOUR spambots registered over 2 days, I'm forced to just disable it again until Friday, which is when I can fix it.However, registration is still allowed on HS01. So far, spambots rarely, if ever, go there anyway. We might be safe for now letting it stay open over there.Any account registered on HS01 will still create an account for BS01.Hey did you know that the way spambots work, is, if they can't create an account on a site, they log that site, and frequently will try to revisit them. What you should do is CheckUser them and block the IP address from creating anymore accounts, ever. That's how you take care of spambots, not by detracting good users as well. By disabling it, you're losing possible contributors as well as stacking the number of "in-queue" spambots up, so you're really just making it harder on yourself. They've been disabling account creation for every single spambot they've blocked so far... And as far as possible contributors goes they can still sign up via HS01. Having registration through the sister site has, so far, been the most effective way of preventing spambots. If you think they haven't done it right, you do have admin now, don't you? Quote ~~-BS01 Histories-~~ by Zox Tomana, B.A. - Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 26, 2013 Author Share Posted June 26, 2013 Okay folks, after FIFTY FOUR spambots registered over 2 days, I'm forced to just disable it again until Friday, which is when I can fix it.However, registration is still allowed on HS01. So far, spambots rarely, if ever, go there anyway. We might be safe for now letting it stay open over there.Any account registered on HS01 will still create an account for BS01.Hey did you know that the way spambots work, is, if they can't create an account on a site, they log that site, and frequently will try to revisit them. What you should do is CheckUser them and block the IP address from creating anymore accounts, ever. That's how you take care of spambots, not by detracting good users as well. By disabling it, you're losing possible contributors as well as stacking the number of "in-queue" spambots up, so you're really just making it harder on yourself. They've been disabling account creation for every single spambot they've blocked so far... And as far as possible contributors goes they can still sign up via HS01. Having registration through the sister site has, so far, been the most effective way of preventing spambots. If you think they haven't done it right, you do have admin now, don't you? So you're saying I should give myself CheckUser manually? I'm not even bureaucrat. Sure I can do that the same way I gave myself admin on BS01 without having it given by a bureaucrat, but I'm not sure that should happen without a proper RfR submission, now should it? And yeah, disabling account creation from the Special:Block page does not mean blocking the IP. Disabling account creation sets a permission error page when that user, while logged in, tries to access Special:CreateAccount. Blocking the IP means running Special:CheckUser on that account, finding the most recent IP address(es) used by that account, and blocking and disabling account creation for it via Special:BlockIP. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zox Tomana Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 So you're saying I should give myself CheckUser manually? I'm not even bureaucrat. Sure I can do that the same way I gave myself admin on BS01 without having it given by a bureaucrat, but I'm not sure that should happen without a proper RfR submission, now should it? And yeah, disabling account creation from the Special:Block page does not mean blocking the IP. Disabling account creation sets a permission error page when that user, while logged in, tries to access Special:CreateAccount. Blocking the IP means running Special:CheckUser on that account, finding the most recent IP address(es) used by that account, and blocking and disabling account creation for it via Special:BlockIP.I'm lost. Why wouldn't the account creation block and IP block have the same net effect? Quote ~~-BS01 Histories-~~ by Zox Tomana, B.A. - Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 So you're saying I should give myself CheckUser manually? I'm not even bureaucrat. Sure I can do that the same way I gave myself admin on BS01 without having it given by a bureaucrat, but I'm not sure that should happen without a proper RfR submission, now should it? And yeah, disabling account creation from the Special:Block page does not mean blocking the IP. Disabling account creation sets a permission error page when that user, while logged in, tries to access Special:CreateAccount. Blocking the IP means running Special:CheckUser on that account, finding the most recent IP address(es) used by that account, and blocking and disabling account creation for it via Special:BlockIP.I'm lost. Why wouldn't the account creation block and IP block have the same net effect? The "account creation block" prevents the user (has to be logged in as the username that was blocked) from accessing Special:CreateAccount. Blocking the IP prevents any user on that IP address, whether logged in or not, from doing anything. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishers64 Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 Is this why BS01 is down? Quote Hero Factory RPG | Bionicle Mafia XXIX: Storyline & Theories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 27, 2013 Author Share Posted June 27, 2013 Is this why BS01 is down?We're changing the version of the MediaWiki software. Give me 24 hours. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zox Tomana Posted June 27, 2013 Share Posted June 27, 2013 On the bright side, only software is being blown up. We still have all the data! Quote ~~-BS01 Histories-~~ by Zox Tomana, B.A. - Blog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Creep Of The Deep Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) HS01 is still up and functioning though, so you can still sign up there if you'd choose. EDIT: And BS01 is back up. Fully upgraded. Edited June 28, 2013 by The Creep Quote Do not trust corrupted memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van Hohenheim Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 what "new features" were installed? Quote Previously known as Aiwendil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorek Posted June 28, 2013 Share Posted June 28, 2013 As it stands, there's an autorefresh feature of the Recent Changes. We have plans for certain others, but those may take more time. Quote BS01's Ambassador (Like us, Follow us) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meiko Posted June 28, 2013 Author Share Posted June 28, 2013 what "new features" were installed?I'm working on possibly boosting the editing capabilities, such as improving the tools in the edit window or possibly even converting to a WYSIWYG editor. I'd also like to add a few features I've developed (or helped develop), such as a wiki chat for members to use. Quote -- Meiko - @georgebarnick LUG Ambassador and administrator at Brickipedia News reporter and database administrator at Brickset Administrator at BIONICLEsector01 DISCLAIMER: All opinions and contributions made under this account are based solely on my own personal thoughts and opinions, and in no way represent any of the above groups/entities. If you have any concerns or inquiries about the contributions made under this account, please contact me individually and I will address them with you to the best of my ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PortalPuppy31 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I don't think email verification works for anyone right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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