WikiAudit

WikiAudit (Alternative names for this tool)
Keyword(s)	Unknown [+]
Operating system(s)	Cross-platform
Language(s)	English, Multilingual
Programming language(s)	Java
Author(s)	Andrew G. West
License(s)	GPL
Website	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiAudit
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WikiAudit is a tool that given a Mediawiki wiki location, and set/range of IP addresses, produces a report of the edit history from those IPs. Cheap heuristics try to identify malicious behavior. Useful for network admins and conducting security investigations.

The primary location for more information is the WikiAudit page on English Wikipedia.

Publications

Title	Author(s)	Keyword(s)	Published in	Language	DateThis property is a special property in this wiki.	Abstract
Open Wikis and the Protection of Institutional Welfare	Andrew G. West Insup Lee		EDUCAUSE Center for Applied Research, Research Bulletins	English	7 February 2012	Much has been written about wikis’ reliability and use in the classroom. This research bulletin addresses the negative impacts on institutional welfare that can arise from participating in and supporting wikis. The open nature of the platform, which is fundamental to wiki operation and success, enables these negative consequences. A finite user base that can be determined a priori (e.g., a course roster) minimizes the security implications, hence our discussion in this bulletin primarily concerns open or public wikis that accept contributions from a broad and unknown set of Internet users.