LPedia: Difference between revisions

By early 2006, LPedia faced increasing challenges from spam and vandalism. The situation became critical enough that by April 2006, when new administrators joined the project, the wiki was overwhelmed with unwanted content. This prompted the development of increasingly sophisticated anti-spam measures, beginning with manual moderation and evolving into automated tools.

The first major anti-spam tool, the Bulk-Wiki-Attacker-Block-O-Mat (BWABOM), was developed in July 2007 to streamline the process of blocking malicious accounts. As attacks grew more sophisticated, so did the countermeasures. By February 2011, a more advanced system called WHUMP (Wiki Handler for Unwanted and Malefactorous Posts) was implemented, featuring an innovative scoring system that could automatically identify and remove spam content while tracking the "achievements" of persistent attackers.

During this period, LPedia also underwent significant technical upgrades, including a migration to MediaWiki 1.9 around 2009. This upgrade enhanced the wiki's capabilities but required careful attention to maintain compatibility with existing content and templates.

A parallel challenge emerged regarding copyright compliance. Many early articles had been copied from Wikipedia without proper attribution or license compatibility. This led to a systematic effort to either import complete edit histories from Wikipedia or rewrite content to ensure proper licensing. The process was complicated by LPedia's use of a Creative Commons non-commercial license, which was incompatible with Wikipedia's GNU Free Documentation License.