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2006-01-04T23:47:19Z

Mysekurity: /* Protect */ minor

Some interesting information and a good link showed up at Phil Windley's site this morning:
http://www.windley.com/archives/2005/11/rasiej_campaign.shtml
http://micah.sifry.com/archives/2005_11.html

How does this relate to what you're doing here?
--[[User:12.160.33.128|12.160.33.128]] 15:35, 2 November 2005 (MST)
:I think the Rasiej campaign indicates a number of issues to be addressed in my campaign. Number one is the fact that right now the Internet is a poor driver for political action in itself. Unless you have the "hand-up" of organizations with large membership or some good national press attention, the Internet alone will not win elections. In my opinion, it is a tool that can be utilized for better organizing and also for the collection of ideas, but not the end-all-be-all in political action.--[[User:Pashdown|pashdown]] 16:57, 7 November 2005 (MST)
::I agree absolutely, and I think that's true of any type of marketing campaign. You don't want to be in just one place, you want to be everywhere you can be. [[User:Dilvie|Dilvie]] 17:33, 23 December 2005 (MST)

== Great idea ==
Let me be one of the first to congratulate you on your innovative idea of using a wiki. You are ahead of our times - but that's what I'd expect from people running for such an important position. Good luck with your campaign! --[[User:Piotrus|Piotrus]] 19:48, 8 December 2005 (MST)

: Ditto. I hope more politicians follow your lead! Defeating Hatch will be an impressive achievement, as well. [[User:BryceHarrington|BryceHarrington]] 13:53, 4 January 2006 (MST)

== Spam ==

Wow, we're getting a LOT of spam from various and random IP addresses. It almost looks like someone has a bot going to put this stuff on the site, and it's hitting other mediawiki sites as well. Let's hope it's a phase, but if you see any of this on our pages, please just delete it, or let us know. [[User:Chadlupkes|Chadlupkes]] 09:31, 14 December 2005 (MST)
:Spammers use bots to attack wikis, blogs, and forums all the time. It's difficult to create an interactive website without becoming a target of spam. The best countermeasures are technological, but if I see any spam, I'll be sure to revert it. [[User:Dilvie|Dilvie]] 17:33, 23 December 2005 (MST)
::As do I. They'll never learn, but we'll always be watching. [[User:Chadlupkes|Chadlupkes]] 21:22, 1 January 2006 (MST)

I just tried to add back the links that were inserted by Pete on 1st Jan, but was prevented by the spam blocker. Also if I edit this whole talk page then I can't save my changes, but I can edit just this section. [[User:217.33.199.34|217.33.199.34]] 07:01, 4 January 2006 (MST)

: Try not putting it on the main page. Spammers go for the main page for obvious reasons. [[User:Z|Z]] 07:02, 4 January 2006 (MST)

: Just to alert you your wiki has been posted on [[slashdot.org]]

You've been /.'ted! <br/>
Interactive Campaigning ala Wiki : politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/04/0634217

I hope that all of this works. As with the hotly-contested political articles of the Wikipedia, this is going to require a lot of effort on the part of the whole community or on your editors to prevent defamation. Some form of protection may be needed, as is used in the Wikipedia for such abuse-prone articles. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection. --[[User:12.218.114.218|12.218.114.218]] 08:18, 4 January 2006 (MST)

I did some research into ways of configuring Wikimedia to block spam. I'd encourage the wiki admins for this site to implement at least some of these practices: http://www.bryceharrington.org/blosxom.cgi/2005/11/16#wikispam [[User:BryceHarrington|BryceHarrington]] 13:33, 4 January 2006 (MST)

== Protect ==

As I'm sure you're aware, you can [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PPoL protect] (and now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SEMI semi-protect]) specific articles against editing. I know you are trying to create a good open environment, and I'm not even from Utah (though I have visited a few times). I know not your politics, but from reading a few select pieces, and the idea of a wiki make you seem like a pretty good candidate, and you'd have my vote if I were a resident of your state. Good luck in your race, and if you want, do not hesitate to contact me, via e-mail or my talk page on Wikipedia. -[[Special:Contributions/Mysekurity|Mysekurity]] 16:47, 4 January 2006 (MST)

Talk:Main Page

2006-01-04T23:46:47Z

Mysekurity: Protect

Some interesting information and a good link showed up at Phil Windley's site this morning:
http://www.windley.com/archives/2005/11/rasiej_campaign.shtml
http://micah.sifry.com/archives/2005_11.html

How does this relate to what you're doing here?
--[[User:12.160.33.128|12.160.33.128]] 15:35, 2 November 2005 (MST)
:I think the Rasiej campaign indicates a number of issues to be addressed in my campaign. Number one is the fact that right now the Internet is a poor driver for political action in itself. Unless you have the "hand-up" of organizations with large membership or some good national press attention, the Internet alone will not win elections. In my opinion, it is a tool that can be utilized for better organizing and also for the collection of ideas, but not the end-all-be-all in political action.--[[User:Pashdown|pashdown]] 16:57, 7 November 2005 (MST)
::I agree absolutely, and I think that's true of any type of marketing campaign. You don't want to be in just one place, you want to be everywhere you can be. [[User:Dilvie|Dilvie]] 17:33, 23 December 2005 (MST)

== Great idea ==
Let me be one of the first to congratulate you on your innovative idea of using a wiki. You are ahead of our times - but that's what I'd expect from people running for such an important position. Good luck with your campaign! --[[User:Piotrus|Piotrus]] 19:48, 8 December 2005 (MST)

: Ditto. I hope more politicians follow your lead! Defeating Hatch will be an impressive achievement, as well. [[User:BryceHarrington|BryceHarrington]] 13:53, 4 January 2006 (MST)

== Spam ==

Wow, we're getting a LOT of spam from various and random IP addresses. It almost looks like someone has a bot going to put this stuff on the site, and it's hitting other mediawiki sites as well. Let's hope it's a phase, but if you see any of this on our pages, please just delete it, or let us know. [[User:Chadlupkes|Chadlupkes]] 09:31, 14 December 2005 (MST)
:Spammers use bots to attack wikis, blogs, and forums all the time. It's difficult to create an interactive website without becoming a target of spam. The best countermeasures are technological, but if I see any spam, I'll be sure to revert it. [[User:Dilvie|Dilvie]] 17:33, 23 December 2005 (MST)
::As do I. They'll never learn, but we'll always be watching. [[User:Chadlupkes|Chadlupkes]] 21:22, 1 January 2006 (MST)

I just tried to add back the links that were inserted by Pete on 1st Jan, but was prevented by the spam blocker. Also if I edit this whole talk page then I can't save my changes, but I can edit just this section. [[User:217.33.199.34|217.33.199.34]] 07:01, 4 January 2006 (MST)

: Try not putting it on the main page. Spammers go for the main page for obvious reasons. [[User:Z|Z]] 07:02, 4 January 2006 (MST)

: Just to alert you your wiki has been posted on [[slashdot.org]]

You've been /.'ted! <br/>
Interactive Campaigning ala Wiki : politics.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/04/0634217

I hope that all of this works. As with the hotly-contested political articles of the Wikipedia, this is going to require a lot of effort on the part of the whole community or on your editors to prevent defamation. Some form of protection may be needed, as is used in the Wikipedia for such abuse-prone articles. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Requests_for_page_protection. --[[User:12.218.114.218|12.218.114.218]] 08:18, 4 January 2006 (MST)

I did some research into ways of configuring Wikimedia to block spam. I'd encourage the wiki admins for this site to implement at least some of these practices: http://www.bryceharrington.org/blosxom.cgi/2005/11/16#wikispam [[User:BryceHarrington|BryceHarrington]] 13:33, 4 January 2006 (MST)

== Protect ==

As I'm sure you're aware, you can [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:PPoL protect] (and now [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SEMI semi-protect) specific articles against editing. I know you are trying to create a good open environment, and I'm not even from Utah (though I have visited a few times). I know not your politics, but from reading a few select pieces, and the idea of a wiki make you seem like a pretty good candidate, and you'd have my vote if I were a resident of your state. Good luck in your race, and if you want, do not hesitate to contact me, via e-mail or my talk page on Wikipedia. -[[Special:Contributions/Mysekurity|Mysekurity]] [[User:Mysekurity|Mysekurity]] 16:46, 4 January 2006 (MST)