Re: [piecepack] Re: Piecepack Games on BGG

[mark.a.biggar@...]

Ron do &#xxxx; escapes get part the spam filter, that may be a way to put the copyright symbol back in the page?

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 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...>
> OK, I was able to save the page by changing the copyright symbol at
> the top of the page to the word "Copyright".
> 
> It was possible to eliminate huge reams of Chinese spam by only
> accepting plain vanilla ASCII characters on the wikis at Ludism.org,
> which are good enough for most English text. Unfortunately, the
> copyright symbol is not an ordinary ASCII character.
> 
> In future, you can see what the page is choking on by reading the
> error message it gives you. The error message you quoted did indeed
> return the copyright character.
> 
> You should be able to go back and edit Magistratvm and Brain Burn now.
> Please don't hesitate to ask for help in future.
> 
> Ron
> 
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Ron Hale-Evans <rwhe@...> wrote:
> > You get this error because something on the page (not necessarily
> >  something you entered) now matches something on the local spam
> >  blacklist. I'll look into it and maybe relax the blacklist a little.
> >  Unfortunately, this may mean more spam.
> >
> >  I'm considering moving the wikis from MoinMoin to OddMuse, which has a
> >  captcha-based anti-spam mechanism that is much more effective than
> >  MoinMoin's. No content would be lost.
> >
> >  Ron
> >
> >
> >  On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:47 AM, Jason Spears <spielboy@...> wrote:
> >  > --- In piecepack@yahoogroups.com, "Ron Hale-Evans" <rwhe@...> wrote:
> >  >
> >  >  I got the this error:
> >  >
> >  >  "Not saving page Magistratvm because content matches blacklist: (c) None"
> >
> >
> > >
> >  >  When trying to edit Brain Burn or Magistratvm. As if they were
> >  >  protected pages.
> >  >
> >  >  -Jason
> >  >
> >  >  ps - Thanks. I record all my games played on BGG, so that is part of
> >  >  why I've been adding them, plus I like making the database more
> >  >  complete. (And it gives them a different place for exposure.)
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >  > what problem did you have editing the wiki?
> >  >  >
> >  >  > Ron H-E
> >  >  >
> >  >  > p.s. Good work!
> >  >
> >  >
> >  >
> >  > > >  but had trouble editing Brain Burn & Magistratvm to include
> >  >  > > the links.
> >  >  > >
> >  >  > >  -Jason
> 
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