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Also a simple tip to help try to stop users from joining if they continue to join is to make your site private for a short period of time. A spammer will not continue to post at a site they can't get into, although they may return later if they see they can again. Once you have made your site private, inform Jeremey_wetpaint of the spammers that are attacking your site so they can be IP banned.
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"Yes, I agree with all of you. My site (http://www.scribblenautsguide.com/) Has been attacked twice now, and it has a Custom Domain, and soon Jeremy's going to have Custom Navigation up as well. My other sites that still have the sub-domain haven't been attacked at all, so you're obviously right about them targeting the special sites."

"A wiki is a collaborative site. It is not a party awaiting some individuals to crash it. Many wikis have been developed through members hard work. Wetpaint has in place a safeguard, restoring of pages, but when havoc reeks. The members toil to restore their wikis to the previous state or take it into hiding for a couple of days. . But that doesn't prevent those that choose to do their childish acts. If they knew that the admins and moderators had the power to ban them completely from entering the site, they may think twice.

And personally, if I don't want an individual on my site, no matter what the reasons, I as a creator or admin or moderator, should have the ability to make that decision, whether they be a registered user or an anonymous guest.

Wetpaint can implement a solution to this increasing problem easily. Instead of making wiki owners jump through loops and hoops, implement IP Banning on user's name.

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