[Foundation-l] [Wikitech-l] [Wikitech-ambassadors] AbuseFilter to be enabled on all Wikimedia wikis by default today

[Guillaume Paumier]

On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:57 PM, James Forrester <james at jdforrester.org> wrote:
> On 24 August 2011 15:55, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I know I can look at noc.wikimedia.org, but could you please add some
>> info about the default configuration so that at least sysops know what
>> to expect. Or is it supposed to be used only by [global sysops and]
>> stewards (as it happened on some small wikis recently)?
>
> It says in the blog post to which Guillaume linked that the default
> set up is blank, and that any sysop can set one up as they see fit,
> with a link to the documentation on how we've used in on enwiki (given
> that it's been active there for two years).

This is correct. Admins will be the ones able to create and manage
filters, and there will be no default filters.

The full configuration file is at
http://noc.wikimedia.org/conf/highlight.php?file=abusefilter.php

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Guillaume Paumier
Technical Communications Manager — Wikimedia Foundation
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