Ultronomicon:Current events

2012-12-30

Only users with a confirmed email address can edit pages now, due to the ongoing spam.

2012-12-18

Enabled the use of DNS blacklists in an attempt to fight spam.

2012-08-27

Installed the ParserFunctions extension.

2012-07-07

Upgraded the MediaWiki software to 1.19.1. Please let me know if anything is not working properly.

2011-10-01

To further combat spam, people can only create new pages after their account is 7 days old.

2011-09-10

Installed the CheckUser extension. People with the right privilege can look up users' IP addresses via Special:CheckUser, and find users connected to an IP address. This should help fight spammers who create multiple accounts.

2011-05-28

To combat spam, all anonymous edits now require passing a CAPTCHA. Before, this was only required for anonymous edits which include a URL.

2011-01-29

Zeracles is now an Ultronomicon administrator.

2010-05-08

Upgraded the MediaWiki software to 1.15.3. Please let me know if anything is not working properly.

2009-08-29

Shiver is now an Ultronomicon administrator.

2009-07-14

Upgraded the MediaWiki software to 1.15.1. Please let me know if anything is not working properly.

2008-05-09

Upgraded the MediaWiki software to 1.14.0. Please let me know if anything is not working properly.

2008-03-09

Updated the MediaWiki software to 1.11.2. Please let me know if anything is not working properly.

2006-06-30

Recent spam seems to be automated. I don't know how they get through the CAPTCHA (the image isn't downloaded). I've updated the MediaWiki software. If that doesn't help, I'll have to do some investigation. — SvdB

Explanation: Post-CAPTCHA spam doesn't include URLs. — SvdB 20 August 2006 (CEST)

2006-03-11

I just upgraded the MediaWiki software to the current CVS development version, and installed an anti-spam extension. — SvdB

2005-12-21

I just upgraded the MediaWiki software to 1.5.3. If there are any problems, please let me know. — SvdB