Apps Reinstated

Apps Reinstated

thedeadlymoose 03 Dec 2016 03:03

A user or users has been joining, deleting account, recreating account, and downvoting SCPs in an effort to game the system to eliminate as many SCPs as possible (or at least remove them from Recently Created).

Recently I noticed them joining at 17:38, 17:43, 17:48, 17:52, and 17:56. I'm told they were targeting some newer SCPs on the ratings borderline.

As this qualifies as an emergency, for now, I've reverted the application process to require users to send in an application, and unchecked the box to allow Secret Password.

Please note the current application process only asks people to send us the password, and that's all.

Also note that this isn't going to solve the problem overall. Mann made a post here asking that Wikidot remove "account deleted" votes from ratings. We received a reply saying that the Wikidot devs might look into it.

We should discuss how we're going to handle this long-term.

Last edited on 03 Dec 2016 03:03 by thedeadlymoose Show more

Re: Apps Reinstated

Shaggydredlocks 03 Dec 2016 04:00

Just noting here that I pmed FiftyNine about a vote by date category on scpper to give us some transparency on mainsite articles attacked in this fashion. Newly created articles being as visible as they are don't need this, but it can help in the case of older articles or works from inactive members (where the attack may not get noticed).

Relevant post for clarification: http://05command.wikidot.com/forum/t-1995622/disciplinary-69master-trufflebutter12345-datanotfoundpleasew#post-2701331

I've since received word that they're going to give it a shot when they're available.

I'm not sure what more we can do than to simply counter their votes to even it out. I made a post to 714 to note when they attacked it, but I wouldn't endorse that on a new article…I don't want to bloat something with sympathy-votes from a ton of users.

ETA: Votes are now sortable over at scpper thanks to Fifty Nine. I severely underestimated the number of daily votes, however, so it's not as intuitive/quick as I'd thought it would be.

Last edited on 03 Dec 2016 12:28 by Shaggydredlocks Show more

Re: Apps Reinstated

Crayne 03 Dec 2016 07:35

Don't hold your breath. I actually made a similar request a while ago and response of any kind from Wikidot has been… lacking, to be diplomatic about it.

Last edited on 03 Dec 2016 07:36 by Crayne Show more

Re: Apps Reinstated

thedeadlymoose 06 Dec 2016 00:14

Actually, hey, check this out. We got a response here.

I don't fully understand all this myself, and this isn't my area of specialty, but would other staff like to look into this?