Title: A VERY determined spammer has been hacki… Author: Lorelle Published: November 4, 2010 --- [ ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lorelle/) [Lorelle](https://profiles.wordpress.org/lorelle/) 5:51 pm _on_ November 4, 2010 Tags: [codex ( 14 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/codex/), [spam ( 9 )](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/spam/)    # A VERY determined spammer has been hacki… A VERY determined spammer has been hacking away at https://codex.wordpress.org/ WordPress_in_Your_Language on the Codex. We’ve tried a variety of ways to stop him, but he keeps on, including contacting one of the volunteers directly and complaining that his spammy links were removed and his account closed. He just opened a new account and kept going. He does not have a word of WordPress anywhere on his site and nor in the links to the mobile ads that he is stuffing into that article. We’re looking at ways to stop him more permanently, but his fascination with that article has caused us to protect it and blockBlock Block is the abstract term used to describe units of markup that, composed together, form the content or layout of a webpage using the WordPress editor. The idea combines concepts of what in the past may have achieved with shortcodes, custom HTML, and embed discovery into a single consistent API and user experience. access to only admins for the next few months. During that time, if you have something to add or edit on that page, if any of you have admin status with the Codex, you will be able to access the page. If not, please contact us on the mailing list, or me directly, and we’ll help. Our fear is that he will target other pages on the Codex, so we are looking at other serious options, but we just wanted you to know about that page as it is so critical to your work that it be maintained and updated. We’re sorry for the inconvenience. We’ll let you know if anything changes on that. Thanks!! Lorelle VanFossen [#codex](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/codex/), [#spam](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/tag/spam/) ### Share this: * [ Threads ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?share=threads) * [ Bluesky ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?share=bluesky) * [ Facebook ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?share=facebook) * [ X ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?share=x) * [ Mastodon ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?share=mastodon) * [ WhatsApp ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?share=jetpack-whatsapp) * [ LinkedIn ](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?share=linkedin) * [Login to Reply](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fpolyglots%2F2010%2F11%2F04%2Fa-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki%2F%23respond&locale=en_US) * [To-do](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?output_format=md#) ### Leave a Reply 󠀁[Cancel reply](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/04/a-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki/?output_format=md#respond)󠁿 You must be [logged in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fmake.wordpress.org%2Fpolyglots%2F2010%2F11%2F04%2Fa-very-determined-spammer-has-been-hacki%2F&locale=en_US) to post a comment. # Post navigation [← Hi. Can I have changed primary navigatio…](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/03/hi-can-i-have-changed-primary-navigatio/) [I’ve translated BuddyPress 100% to Arab… →](https://make.wordpress.org/polyglots/2010/11/05/ive-translated-buddypress-100-to-arab/)