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We could set as a task the challenge of writing a tool to post spam to RosettaCode. With all of us writing one, we might gain some insights into what's being used against us and perhaps think of new ways of stemming the tide. [[User:Axtens|Axtens]] ([[User talk:Axtens|talk]]) 02:13, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
We could set as a task the challenge of writing a tool to post spam to RosettaCode. With all of us writing one, we might gain some insights into what's being used against us and perhaps think of new ways of stemming the tide. [[User:Axtens|Axtens]] ([[User talk:Axtens|talk]]) 02:13, 28 April 2015 (UTC)

: Meh... if we do that we should definitely be doing it against a scratch copy of the site. But I doubt the insights would be that useful unless we were actively engaged not against this specific site but against a large collection of sites (and presumably with a misguided political or economic motive, so that the activity would be sustainable). Meanwhile note also that whatever is being used today will not necessarily be used later.

: No, I think that if we want to deal with this, we'll need to design some sort of "apprentice-track" mechanism where people need to invest some effort showing their worth before we let them use the site as a launching point for things directed elsewhere. And we'll also need volunteers to help mentor that intro mechanism. --[[User:Rdm|Rdm]] ([[User talk:Rdm|talk]]) 02:43, 28 April 2015 (UTC)