Editing OrbiterWiki:Admin tools

==Spam filter==

Our new spamfilter can be upgraded by admins on [[OrbiterWiki:SpamBlacklist]]. Please do so if you observe spam patterns, not covered by the filter. Try to make the rules as general as neccessary, but not too specialized - one line for each spam URL should be avoided, if they occur in patterns.

==Vandalism management and vandal categories==

For dealing with Spam and vandalism, OrbiterWiki uses a simple system of vandalism warning levels and bans. This system gets also used for IP numbers, regardless that the vandal might return with a new one. If a special network appears to be home of very active vandals,  its OK to rate anonymous troublemakers one level higher in the vandalism scale, than usually. 

;<nowiki>{{VAND1}}</nowiki>:Lists the user in the [[:Category:listed vandals]]
;<nowiki>{{VAND2}}</nowiki>:Lists the user in the [[:Category:final warning]]
;<nowiki>{{VAND3|duration|reason}}</nowiki>:Lists the user in the [[:Category:temp-ban]], after he got banned by an [[OrbiterWiki:Administrators|Administrator]].
;<nowiki>{{VAND4|reason}}</nowiki>: Lists the user in the [[:Category:indefinite bans]], after he got banned forever by an [[OrbiterWiki:Administrators|Administrator]].
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 ;<nowiki>{{VAND3|duration|reason}}</nowiki>:Lists the user in the [[:Category:temp-ban]], after he got banned by an [[OrbiterWiki:Administrators|Administrator]].
 ;<nowiki>{{VAND4|reason}}</nowiki>: Lists the user in the [[:Category:indefinite bans]], after he got banned forever by an [[OrbiterWiki:Administrators|Administrator]].
-==Special customers==
-Some networks are only existing for the purpose of Spam. When encountering such a pattern, administrators are encouraged to assume that such activity is not the result of a zombie in a Spambot network, but actually the business model of this company.
-Factors which are indicating a dedicated Spambot network:
-* Repeated Spambot activity from within a small /8 network (The first three numbers of the IP are equal, but only the final forth number changes).
-* Spambots from same network with final IP component increasing in succession (130, 131, 132, ...)
-* IP range is not assigned to a larger provider, but actually to a dubious company.
-* Other factors (like conceiled origin of the network owner), which speak for a criminal intend.
-Networks in this category of vandals are:
-* [[:Category:Spambot from RBNET]] - RBusiness Network, a company pretending to come from Panama, but using european IP numbers managed by RIPE. Contact email addresses are from inbox.ru. Identified to be part of the Russian Business Network, a major cybercrime organization.
-* [[:Category:Spambot from Telenet Network]] - Used for a small group of reoccuring Spambot activity, which comes from increasing IPs. Not the whole Telenet (/19) Network is identified as spam source.