[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #7822: Handling spam in comment edits on Trac

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#7822: Handling spam in comment edits on Trac
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 Reporter:  johnbillion      |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  feature request  |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:
Component:  Trac             |   Keywords:
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 A new pattern has been seen on core Trac recently where a comment gets
 published and then subsequently edited to include hundreds or thousands of
 spam links.

 An example from today is
 https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/60789#comment:34 - be warned that
 opening this URL will probably lock up your browser due to the high number
 of links in the comment.

 There have been several dozen examples of this pattern over the last
 couple of months. The main problem is causes is that it prevents
 contributors from interacting with the ticket once the spam links have
 been put into place.

 What can be done about this? Is there an anti-spam measure that can be
 implemented when a comment gets edited?

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Ticket URL: <https://meta.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/7822>
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