GuildWiki talk:Community portal/Archive 17

The recent vandalism
Is, firstly unacceptable, if it is a sockpuppet of any user here they should be ashamed (not to say it is). The spammer seems to: Anything we can do, apart from :D and bear it? RT | Talk  18:21, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Create a link using !important before each argument in the span tag
 * Remove from the article, small amounts of content, so it looks like a very minor revision
 * Use a referer URL (url2it.com in this case - i've looked on there site, there seems no clear way to report a bad url to have it removed)


 * Also he uses Position:Absolute. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 18:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Yeah! RT | Talk  18:23, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Is it still happening in the last few days? And is it also happening on the official wiki or are we the only target? -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:48, 16 January 2008 (UTC)


 * I don't check the Official Wiki. It has happened a few hours (well, 3 hours) ago. It doesnt happen on GW2W for as far as I've seen tho. --- [[Image:VipermagiSig.JPG]]-- (s)talkpage 21:51, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * What does the vandalism do, anyway? (I've been a bit less active here) Thought ful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] (Talk) 21:56, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It covers the entire page with an invisible external link pointing to bad sites. No matter where you click on the page you get sent there. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * I've added a javascript that should reduce the damage it causes, until the bad guys catch on and invent something new. In the mean while, the javascript *might* break some fancy legitimate use of external link formatting.  Please report any such occurrences. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 21:59, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * And I've no doubt they've protected their own page with it. I don't see how it's possible to cause whatever they've caused. Thought ful [[Image:Thoughtful Sig.png|19.px]] (Talk) 22:01, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Ignorance is bliss. I don't want GuildWiki to turn into the Academy for Advanced Vandalism Techniques.  -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:04, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Something similar (or identical) was tested over here. I also looked at the HTML of the page and found probable causes why a couple of elements weren't covered (see the talk page) --Gimmethegepgun 22:05, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

I've missed these vandalisms, what does "absolute" do? <font color="#4682b4">Entrea Sumatae  <font color="#4682b4">[Talk]  22:29, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * It makes the positioning of the element measured with respect to the entire page, as opposed to it's immediate container. This is how it's range/size can cover the entire page. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:33, 16 January 2008 (UTC)
 * Actually, "absolute" makes it relative to the container. "fixed" makes it relative to the page.  "relative" (default) makes it relative to the current position of the element. -User:PanSola (talk to the [[Image:follower of Lyssa.png]]) 22:45, 16 January 2008 (UTC)