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And how can I revert the changes and restore the previous version?
And how can I revert the changes and restore the previous version?
About this spam there's maybe an email activation option as matt suggested?
About this spam there's maybe an email activation option as matt suggested?
:I hadn't noticed you had already blocked the user, and MediaWiki seems silly enough not to check whether a block already exists. But removing a block does remove all blocks that are the same, heh. A change can be quickly reverted spam using the '''rollback''' link when viewing the diff of the last edit. If you do this, check whether the previous version is indeed spam-free. Email activation would be a nice option even though I'd prefer a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captcha captcha]. However, I haven't been able to find either in the options or as an extension yet. --[[User:Bjørn|Bjørn]] 01:44, 17 December 2005 (CET)

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Why you blocked that user again? Mine wasn't enough? And how can I revert the changes and restore the previous version? About this spam there's maybe an email activation option as matt suggested?

I hadn't noticed you had already blocked the user, and MediaWiki seems silly enough not to check whether a block already exists. But removing a block does remove all blocks that are the same, heh. A change can be quickly reverted spam using the rollback link when viewing the diff of the last edit. If you do this, check whether the previous version is indeed spam-free. Email activation would be a nice option even though I'd prefer a captcha. However, I haven't been able to find either in the options or as an extension yet. --Bjørn 01:44, 17 December 2005 (CET)