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Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

This happened in the following cases:

The suggested edits are anonymous edits that totally replace the text with spam links.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

This happened in the following cases:

The suggested edits are anonymous edits that totally replace the text with spam links.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

This happened in the following cases:

The suggested edits are anonymous edits that totally replace the text with spam links.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

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edited May 17, 2012 at 13:23

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Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

Two answers that isThis happened on (mods have actioned onin the flags, though) werefollowing cases:

http://drupal.stackexchange.com/suggested-edits/2159

The second is ansuggested edits are anonymous edit to an answeredits that totally replaces itreplace the text with spam links. I don't have the links to the questions handy, as I rejected the edits and don't recall what questions they were on.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

Two answers that is happened on (mods have actioned on the flags, though) were

The second is an anonymous edit to an answer that totally replaces it with spam links. I don't have the links to the questions handy, as I rejected the edits and don't recall what questions they were on.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

This happened in the following cases:

http://drupal.stackexchange.com/suggested-edits/2159

The suggested edits are anonymous edits that totally replace the text with spam links.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

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edited May 17, 2012 at 12:49

mpdonadio

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Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

Two answers that is happened on (mods have actioned on the flags, though) were

How can I remove the default generated <div> tags in view's result?

Drupal database innodb or MyISAM?

The second is an anonymous edit to an answer that totally replaces it with spam links. I don't have the links to the questions handy, as I rejected the edits and don't recall what questions they were on.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

The second is an anonymous edit to an answer that totally replaces it with spam links.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

Over on the Drupal Answers site, I have seen a bunch of suggested edits that are more than likely from spambots. I don't recall seeing this behavior before, and it has happened a bunch of times the last two days.

There have been two "types".

The first looks like a user gets created, and this user edits an existing answer and adds in a spam link before another link in the answer. I have also seen an existing answer get copied verbatim, and a spam link added before other link.

Two answers that is happened on (mods have actioned on the flags, though) were

How can I remove the default generated <div> tags in view's result?

Drupal database innodb or MyISAM?

The second is an anonymous edit to an answer that totally replaces it with spam links. I don't have the links to the questions handy, as I rejected the edits and don't recall what questions they were on.

I have been rejecting and flagging these as appropriate.

I am curious, though, whether there is an increase in this type of spam on other sites, or if it is just the DA site. I don't have enough rep on other sites to get the suggested edits tab on the review page to see if it is happening elsewhere.

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asked May 17, 2012 at 12:43

mpdonadio

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