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Abhidevananda wanted to create a Wikipedia-like encyclopedia for Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar and his various works. In early October of 2013, Sarkarverse was planned, and work on the project began. The project was made possible only with tremendous, voluntary assistance, primarily from Tito Dutta in India and Bryan G. White in the USA. Fred Bauder (USA) also provided considerable help. All three men are veterans of Wikipedia with technical expertise vital to Sarkarverse. The site was officially launched on 21 October 2013. | Abhidevananda wanted to create a Wikipedia-like encyclopedia for Prabhat Ranjan Sarkar and his various works. In early October of 2013, Sarkarverse was planned, and work on the project began. The project was made possible only with tremendous, voluntary assistance, primarily from Tito Dutta in India and Bryan G. White in the USA. Fred Bauder (USA) also provided considerable help. All three men are veterans of Wikipedia with technical expertise vital to Sarkarverse. The site was officially launched on 21 October 2013. | ||
== | == Early spam attacks and countermeasures == | ||
On 27 | On 2013 October 27, Sarkarverse faced a serious spam attack. More than 100 new accounts were created to post inappropriate articles with external links. All 100+ accounts were quickly blocked, and new account creation in Sarkarverse was temporarily disabled. Account creation was re-enabled on October 28 after imposing various spam counter-measures. However, within days the spam accounts were cropping up again, less in number but still a nuisance. On November 2, a long-term decision was taken to disable new account creation except by [mailto:admin@sarkarverse.org?subject=AccountCreation direct request]. This was deemed to be the most efficient means of preventing spam with minimal inconvenience for well-intentioned editors, both old and new. | ||
== Mission == | == Mission == | ||