Thanks very much for posting this. For people like me who have very limited techincal skills, but still want to support a simple wiki, the single biggest obstacle is understanding how to best deal with spam. I suspect lots of newbies appreciate occasional posts about spam.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Werner Lohe Brookline/Boston, MA USA ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ------------------------------------------------------------------ On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:10 PM, Chris Steipp <[email protected]> wrote: > A fairly detailed (if not super easy to use) place to start is > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Anti-spam_features, which points to > various extensions that can help out. > > For a popular site, you'll need a holistic strategy for dealing with > spam, which will include a few different tools, possibly something > like: > * Make your site less desirable for link spam, e.g. by setting > $wgNoFollowLinks=true > * Prevent bots with captchas (ConfirmEdit) and SimpleAntiSpam > * Detect and block bad edits with AbuseFilter and SpamBlacklist > * Monitor frequently, and be ready to cleanup with Nuke > > > 2012/9/26 Yury Katkov <[email protected]>: > > Hi Markus! > > > > I recommend you to use QuestyCaptcha to dissallow the bots to register > and > > also use $wgAutoConfirmAge = 3600*24; > > ----- > > Yury Katkov > > > > > > > > > > 2012/9/26 Markus <[email protected]> > > > >> Liebe MW-Spezialisten, > >> > >> Wir haben tausende Benutzeracounts von Spammern: > >> http://wiki.openseamap.org/**wiki/Spezial:Benutzer< > http://wiki.openseamap.org/wiki/Spezial:Benutzer> > >> > >> Wie kann ich diese löschen? > >> Eine "White list" von "guten" Benutzern ist vorhanden. > >> > >> Gibt es da einen Bot? > >> > >> Danke, Markus > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> MediaWiki-l mailing list > >> [email protected].**org <[email protected]> > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l< > 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 > _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
