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This page relates to fighting [[spam]] postings, otherwise known as wikispam, in [[MediaWiki]].{{seed}} | This page relates to fighting [[spam]] postings, otherwise known as wikispam, in [[MediaWiki]].{{seed}} | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
| − | It looks like there are basically two methods for preventing spam. Both of them match submitted edits against a [[regex]] string, and reject those which fail the test. One method is built in and allows only a single regex string; the other requires an extension ("ambiguously licensed") and allows blacklist data to be pulled from remote sites. | + | It looks like there are basically two methods for preventing [[spam]]. Both of them match submitted edits against a [[regex]] string, and reject those which fail the test. One method is built in and allows only a single regex string; the other requires an extension ("ambiguously licensed") and allows blacklist data to be pulled from remote sites. |
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
* MediaWiki documentation | * MediaWiki documentation | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 9 March 2006
This page relates to fighting spam postings, otherwise known as wikispam, in MediaWiki.
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Notes
It looks like there are basically two methods for preventing spam. Both of them match submitted edits against a regex string, and reject those which fail the test. One method is built in and allows only a single regex string; the other requires an extension ("ambiguously licensed") and allows blacklist data to be pulled from remote sites.
Links
- MediaWiki documentation
- Anti-spam features: simple built-in regex blacklist
- SpamBlacklist extension: more powerful than the built-in regex blacklist. The README file explains most of it, but doesn't make it clear that there are two files you need to install: SpamBlacklist.php and SpamBlacklist_body.php
- Please feel free to make use of the spam blacklist on HypertWiki