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This page relates to fighting [[spam]] postings, otherwise known as wikispam, in [[MediaWiki]].
 
==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.
 
 
 
A tip for small sites: always monitor your site's RSS feed to see what changes are being made by others. A lot of spam does not show up when looking at the page as displayed in a browser; the content is hidden using CSS so that it will get picked up by search 'bots but not noticed by editors.
 
 
 
==Links==
 
* MediaWiki documentation
 
** [[metawikipedia:Wiki Spam|Wiki Spam]]: a detailed explanation of the problem
 
** [[metawikipedia:Anti-spam Features|Anti-spam Features]]: simple built-in regex blacklist
 
** [[metawikipedia:SpamBlacklist extension|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 [[htwiki:spam blacklist|spam blacklist]] on HypertWiki
 

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