[Scottish] Wiki spam

[Gary Hendricks]

On 14/03/08 21:14, Claudio Calvelli wrote:
> I've just deleted a few tons of spam from the wiki - for the n-th time
> since the same spammers keep coming back. I'm referring to RoldoMolob,
> TatacNaget, BaselTcoro, OuladOmbor, DarroLalno -- who seem to appear
> and add spam minutes after one removes it. Can somebody who can, ban
> them?
>   

A relatively simple deterrent is a captcha.
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit

Yet another but more interactive way would be to use Akismet 
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:Askismetcheck

I have used both of these types and are very simple to stop the vast 
majority of spam.

Once your system is a target, they will not be aware of any changes for 
a while if you implement simple measures.

They would have to revisit your site and reconfigure their spam bot.

-figjam