Hi all

Just to highlight, the server needs updating, so it's not a 10 minute fix.
Our developer has been contacted and we're awaiting a response from her.
Agree it's very annoying, thanks for highlighting some of the articles,
I've deleted the ones you linked.

Best wishes
Katie

On Mon, 29 Aug 2022 at 09:35, Lucy Crompton-Reid <
lucy.crompton-r...@wikimedia.org.uk> wrote:

> Many thanks for the offers of help to sort this out. Most
> staff/contractors aren't working today as it's a bank holiday (and I am
> currently in my painting dungarees!) but I'm going to highlight this to the
> relevant people again tomorrow and will let them know of the practical
> offers of help that have been made to sort this out. I agree it's very
> frustrating. Best, Lucy
>
> On Sun, 28 Aug 2022 at 16:40, Dreamy Jazz <dreamyjazzwikipe...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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)
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