Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-27561063-20160122101658

Here is another topic I'd like to hear your opinions about.

Lately there have been several cases of spam on this wiki. About 75% of the time I happened to be online and could delete / remove it within an hour. They don't appear on the Special:WikiActivity Wikia Activity if I remove them either. Only on the Special:RecentChanges Recent Changes list (I don't know if non-admins can see it though).

At first glance it doesn't look like it's the same person doing it, the IPS are different nearly each time. Though it's possible to just use a free VPN client to change your IP every time.

It's mostly harmless spam in the comments, gibberish if you will. Sometimes its vandalizing articles on this wiki. It's always annoying.

There is a built in function to prevent this. Only logged in users are allowed to write anything on this wiki if it's enabled. This includes the comment section.

Everybody can still create an account, but it's less likely that a troll takes so much effort just to post some spam.

What do you think, should we turn that feature on or not? 