Editing User talk:Jean Abou Samra (section)

== Spam users ==

Jean, what shall we do with spam users like User:JoleenStallings?  Shall we remove them immediately?  While they don't do harm to the Wiki, they are still polluting the namespace... -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 05:21, 11 January 2026 (UTC)

:Yes. I've just removed all their user pages and blocked them and their IP addresses. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 13:57, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::OK, thanks. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 16:03, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
:::Obviously the spammers have discovered this wiki. IMHO there is only one solution. Creation of new users only with verification of an admin and editing only for registered users [[User:Manuela|Manuela]] ([[User talk:Manuela|talk]]) 19:53, 11 January 2026 (UTC)
::::Well, it's not that bad: currently, the situation can be handled manually quite easily (by watching the atom feed of this Wiki and quickly removing spam users).  However, if this becomes too much of a burden, some additional measures must be taken. -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 05:17, 12 January 2026 (UTC)
:::::OK, this has become too much of a burden at this point, there are several users to block per day. I've added a simple anti-spam question which editors creating an account must solve ("What is the LilyPond command to set a time signature of 3/4?"), let's see how effective this is. [[User:Jean Abou Samra|Jean Abou Samra]] ([[User talk:Jean Abou Samra|talk]]) 13:14, 23 February 2026 (UTC)
::::::It seems to work, thanks! -- [[User:Lemzwerg|Lemzwerg]] ([[User talk:Lemzwerg|talk]]) 06:07, 28 February 2026 (UTC)