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MediaWiki spam is such a headache

MediaWiki, like any other popular software product (that accepts user input), has become a massive target for spam. Now I’m not talking about vandals running around on Wikipedia trying to convince you that African Elephant population has tripled in 6 months. I’m talking about plain old spammers. Just like email spammers and comment spammers on…

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Wikimedia Foundation – Growing too fast? Or people just scared of numbers?

Recently the Wikimedia Foundation finalized their “5 year strategy” and posted the 2010-2011 Annual Plan.  I read the entire plan and found it an interesting read.  Previous to this, I had heard rumblings that the Foundation was going to double in size over the next year.  They are 40 some fulltimers now, and that means…

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