Neal McBurnett wrote:
After getting an updated file, I assume
the mediawiki server has to be told about it. What is the best way to
get it to incorporate the updated file?
Assuming you have no object cache (such as memcached) enabled, MediaWiki
will load the blacklist from a file on every edit. So all you have to do
is change the file. If you are using memcached, you will also have to
delete the spam_blacklist_regex key, e.g. using maintenance/mcc.php.
-- Tim Starling