On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Bri <d...@rlyehable.com> wrote:
> I had this problem also. I installed the extention "ConfirmEdit", and also > set up the email confirmed permission group (see configuration in the > article below). I still get spam account signups (but a lot less of them), > but they cannot edit pages. > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit > > -Bri > > On 2014-06-23 17:28, Winters Wiki wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a wiki at winterswiki.org. It was discovered by vandals who >> created >> 9500 new users and 10,000+ pages in a couple of days. >> >> I disabled access and wiped all the users except known ones off the >> database, but when I enabled the wiki again new users started being >> created >> every minute or so. I disabled anon account creation, but I still have >> 10,000+ pages of spam intersperced with my real pages. >> >> What is the best way to get rid of the pages I don't want in a bulk >> fashion? >> >> What is the best way to avoid this and other problems.. >> >> Thanks >> >> Dave >> ​ >> > ​We've had almost no vandalism after requiring new accounts to authenticate with OpenID, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID ​ --Fred _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
