The list from wikimedia does not contain a regexp that would block "Buy Viagra" accounts
--- On Mon, 7/20/09, Bill Traynor <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Bill Traynor <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] more spam issues > To: "MediaWiki announcements and site admin list" > <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, July 20, 2009, 12:24 PM > On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:57, Jake > Ford<[email protected]> > wrote: > > 1. Try pulling the Blacklist from Mediawiki or > wikipedia using their URLs > > like below. > > 2. Instead of adding blacklist items to 'Project:Title > blacklist' add them > > to the special page 'Mediawiki:TitleBlacklist' (I am > not sure if this will > > help because I have added nothing to this page yet at > my site. > > > > #TitleBlacklist extension > > require_once( > "{$IP}/extensions/TitleBlacklist/TitleBlacklist.php" ); > > > > $wgTitleBlacklistSources = array( > > array( > > 'type' => TBLSRC_LOCALPAGE, > > 'src' => 'Mediawiki:TitleBlacklist', > > ), > > array( > > 'type' => TBLSRC_URL, > > 'src' => > > 'http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Title_blacklist&action=raw', > > ), > > array( > > 'type' => TBLSRC_FILE, > > 'src' => > '/home/wikipedia/blacklists/titles', > > ), > > ); > > Still no luck with the following: > > # TitleBlacklist extension > require_once( > "{$IP}/extensions/TitleBlacklist/TitleBlacklist.php" ); > > $wgTitleBlacklistSources = array( > array( > 'type' => TBLSRC_LOCALPAGE, > 'src' => > 'Mediawiki:TitleBlacklist', > ), > array( > 'type' => TBLSRC_URL, > 'src' => > 'http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Title_blacklist&action=raw', > ), > ); > > Mediawiki:TitleBlacklist > \d*\sbuy\s.* <newaccountonly> > > I also just commented out in TitleBlacklist.php the > following: > /** Array of title blacklist sources */ > #$wgTitleBlacklistSources = array(); > > The Localsettings.php overrides this anyway, I think. > > I'm running 1.15.1, btw. > > > > > > > > jake4d > > [email protected] > > 615.418.3858 > > www.debatrix.org > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bill Traynor [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, July 20, 2009 11:28 AM > > To: MediaWiki announcements and site admin list > > Subject: Re: [Mediawiki-l] more spam issues > > > > On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 08:48, Jake Ford<[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> > >> I have been getting an average of 5 or 6 spam user > accounts created per > > day > >> on my site of the "buy Viagra type. I just > installed two extensions in the > >> hope of blocking future attacks. > >> > >> 1. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Title_Blacklist > > > > I can't seem to get Title_Black list to work. I've > added the > > extension and have added the following to > LocalSettings.php: > > > > require_once( > "{$IP}/extensions/TitleBlacklist/TitleBlacklist.php" ); > > $wgTitleBlacklistSources = array( > > array( > > 'type' => TBLSRC_LOCALPAGE, > > 'src' => 'Project:Title blacklist', > > ), > > ); > > > > I've set up Project: Title blacklist as follows: > > > > # This is a title blacklist. Titles and users that > match a regular > > expression here cannot be created. > > # Use "#" for comments. > > # This is case insensitive by default > > > > \d*\sbuy\s.* <newaccountonly> > > > > Yet, I can still add account called "Buy Viagra" or > whatever. > > > > Am I missing something? > > > >> 2. http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
