I agree with the previous. Its not a good thing to have this much spam on a wiki. I am also happy to help clean up spam (enwiki admin, OS and CU who also does patches for CheckUser).
On Sun, 28 Aug 2022, 14:53 Richard Jenkins, <richardjenkin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I agree re: AbuseFilter, but I was starting with the low-hanging fruit. > Installing AbuseFilter and copying some of the basic Wikimedia anti-spam > filters would be a better permanent solution! > > On Sun, 28 Aug 2022 at 14:19, Lewis Cawte <lewisca...@googlemail.com> > wrote: > >> I'll add to this one - I'm not even convinced the Captcha is set up >> correctly. QuestyCaptcha is showing as enabled, but, it is terrible >> (particularly as soon as a bot operator has solved the question(s)) and I >> don't see ConfirmEdit enabled. I'd also expect to see AbuseFilter, which >> isn't enabled either. >> >> I'd be hesitant of locking down account creation long term, but, it's >> certainly a good temporary move as the wiki is getting barraged by spambots >> currently. >> >> Still happy to help/advise on the wiki, drawing from both my personal >> experience of plenty of MW setups and running ShoutWiki. >> >> Lewis Cawte ([[User:Lcawte]]) >> Wikimedia user, occasional developer / ShoutWiki tech lead >> >> On Sun, 28 Aug 2022 at 13:55, Richard Jenkins <richardjenkin...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Apologies if I sound like a broken record, but I want to raise the issue >>> of spam on the Wikimedia UK wiki again as it seems nothing has happened >>> since Sammy/TheresNoTime reported the issue a few weeks ago. >>> >>> There are currently over 75,000 pages on the wiki, and I'd wager that >>> about 95% of them are spam. Hundreds of pages of vacuous crap are created >>> every day. >>> >>> [Warning - links contain adult text content] >>> The spam ranges from the bizarre >>> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Penis_goes_in._Penis_comes_out._Can%E2%80%99t_explain_that.> >>> to the offensive <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Raise_your_dongers.>, >>> and includes links to services that may be illegal in the United Kingdom >>> and elsewhere (e.g. unregulated pharmacies >>> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/The_Secret_Guide_To_List_Of_Approved_Canadian_Pharmacies>, >>> cannabis products >>> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/How_To_THC_Edibles_The_Planet_Using_Just_Your_Blog>, >>> and supplements making medical claims >>> <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Penis_Enlagment_And_Growth_Of_Hir_On_Penis_And_Real_Male_Enhancement>). >>> I found these examples with a *thirty second* search, and I do not >>> doubt that there are worse ones out there. >>> >>> I realise & respect that most of the people involved with the running of >>> the site are volunteers or only employed by WMUK on a part-time basis, but >>> given that the initial actions Sammy proposed (preventing anonymous editing >>> and locking down account creation) would take about ten minutes maximum I >>> am befuddled as to why they've not been implemented. >>> >>> I know that Sammy offered their help, and I am also happy to assist with >>> the fixes and clean-up. (I'm an administrator on the English Wikipedia and >>> have administered MediaWiki installations myself, if it helps.) >>> >>> Thanks for reading, >>> >>> Richard / (User:Firefly on Wikimedia projects) >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikimedia UK mailing list >>> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >>> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikimedia UK mailing list >> wikimediau...@wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l >> WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia UK mailing list > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk
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