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Title: Current wave of spam
Post by: Reboot on January 27, 2011, 03:19:03 PM
I know SmashWiki and ZeldaWiki at least are being hammered. Having looked at the spam pages, there's a common link that can be blocked. If the wiki owners add $wgSpamRegex = "/SESS_/"; to LocalSettings.php, it will at least block the current set of spam pages.
Title: Re: Current wave of spam
Post by: Jake on January 27, 2011, 05:30:45 PM
We added that at Nookipedia a few hours ago, and it seems to be working. I'd recommend that the other wikis add this as well. Thanks for posting this here. :)
Title: Re: Current wave of spam
Post by: Reboot on January 27, 2011, 06:00:03 PM
No problem. Just watch - it won't stop them signing up, just block the template they've been using from being saved [i.e., it's a band-aid to buy time for more permanent solutions rather than a final fix] :)