Roguebasin is troubled!

[getter77]

Seems that folks have been unable to log-in to post updates and whatnot for the past couple days.  Team Angband at the very least has been stymied in their efforts!

[Z]

I have been unable to access RogueBasin since Dec 17 (to post about HyperRogue 4.2).

[Kyzrati]

It's probably being inundated with spam, since the site's usual response is to start blocking entire IP ranges. Some people are still able to access it normally, and I've been able to reach it through proxies.

What the basin really needs is just a better spam solution, like requiring account approvals and a few people willing to be around to handle those (I would be happy to, and I'm sure others are, too).

[skaldicpoet9]

I just created an account on Roguebasin and intend to start doing a lot of editing. I did notice in the changes log that it seemed that there were a lot of spammy looking accounts created before I created mine. I wouldn't mind helping out with some kind of user verification process to cut the spam out. Roguebasin is a bit rough around the edges right now, but I would love to help make it much more comprehensive then it is now.

[Zireael]

Maybe the IP ranges being blocked explains why I am not able to access RogueBasin from university at all (the forums do work, though)

[Slash]

We had a manual approval process years ago, I don't remember the reason but it didn't work, probably people didn't like it because they wanted to start editing immediately and accounts were usually activated after 1 or 2 days.

It also doesn't work on its own since without any other measures the activator's mailbox would be full of spam as well, and we are talking about heaps of spam. Back then we had a set of questions people had to answer.

Björn recently added some rewrite rules so people accessing via www.roguebasin.com should have no trouble, we still have to implement a better anti-spam solution.

[getter77]

Glad to see things getting situated Slash---onward with the good fight against spam!