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| There is a high probability that all those new users you welcomed are human spammers or fully/semi automated spam bots. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:51, 1 February 2012 (EST) | | There is a high probability that all those new users you welcomed are human spammers or fully/semi automated spam bots. -- [[User:CylonU87|CylonU87]] 02:51, 1 February 2012 (EST) |
| : I can confirm as only the first or last letter of their userid change. Take a look:
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| :* '''Fdallasgordon'''y and '''Fdallasgordon'''v: sockpuppets
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| :* A'''stanjosephj''' and V'''stanjosephj''': sockpuppets
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| :I know we have to [[BW:AGF|assume good faith]], but those ones are obviously sockpuppets and potential spammers. For the others I have doubts, so I leave as this (''assuming good faith''). Let us wait and see ;-). --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 04:45, 1 February 2012 (EST)
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| :: Congrats on banning them before me! I used to use [http://www.stopforumspam.com/ Stop Forum Spam] to confirm sockpuppets/potentital spammers on the Battlestar Forum, but I'm not sure if it's applicable to wikis.--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 20:33, 1 February 2012 (EST)
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| ::: That's not a pride for me but a plague as we are wasting our time to eradicate those spammers. See in the [[md:Special:RecentChanges|Media Repository]] for yourself. They are clues to identify such users:
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| :::* Random letters at the first and/or last position
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| :::* Succession of numbers between first and last name
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| :::* A mix of both
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| :::* Random letters
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| ::: Some special users (like [[User:Joe Beaudoin Jr.|Joe Beaudoin]]) have the CheckUser feature. But the [[BW:CHECK|policy]] restricts the use to particular cases. --[[User:LIMAFOX76|LIMAFOX76]] 02:43, 2 February 2012 (EST)
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| == Dragon Fighters of Kobol/Dragonriders of Pern ==
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| Thanks for this bit of background info! - [[User:BlueResistance|BlueResistance]] 20:23, 1 May 2012 (UTC)
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| :You're welcome! Just the first thought that entered my mind. I think we could always e-mail or message the writer for the episode for a confirmation.--[[User:DrWho42|DrWho42]] 16:39, 1 May 2012 (EDT)
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