I just noticed something disturbing when looking through the issue queue today.

Look very carefully at the last post on http://drupal.org/node/49667. Now compare it to the other posts in that issue.

Someone was or is using what looks to me like a markov generator or something similar to spam the issue queue.

This is very disturbing....

Is there any way to detect this sort of thing? This is some very subtle spam... :(

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bdragon’s picture

bdragon commented
Status: Postponed (maintainer needs more info) » Closed (fixed)

And then I notice that it is an exact copy of another post in the thread.
*sigh*

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nevets commented

I was going to clean it up but something else is odd. If you visit http://drupal.org/user/124071 and then click track there is nothing in their tracker. Since it is a follow up I do not have the approriate permissions to clean it up but the link is definitly spam.

sepeck’s picture

sepeck commented
Status: Closed (fixed) » Active

the user is blocked, but someone will have to run a database query to catch all the issues spammed.

You can't remove issue spam except through the database.

bdragon’s picture

bdragon commented
Title: Markov chaining spambot in issue queue? » Issue queue spam from March needs fixed

Changing title

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bdragon commented
Priority: Critical » Normal
bdragon’s picture

bdragon commented

Since the tracker doesn't work to find this sort of thing, http://drupal.org/project/issues?participated=124071

gerhard killesreiter’s picture

gerhard killesreiter commented

I don't think this merits much action, we add "nofollow" to the links and no human user is going to look at these old issues.

dww’s picture

dww
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You can't remove issue spam except through the database.

FYI: this will be fixed via http://drupal.org/node/18920 which is high on the project* roadmap...

michelle’s picture

michelle
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Primary language English
Location Wisconsin, USA
commented
Status: Active » Fixed

IFAC in, spam out.

Michelle

Anonymous’s picture

Anonymous (not verified) commented
Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for two weeks with no activity.