Just to add to the list of solutions, we use ConfirmEdit, QuestyCaptcha setup with dynamic questions as described on thinglestads blog:
http://thingelstad.com/stopping-mediawiki-spam-with-dynamic-questy-captchas/...
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Frederick Grose fgrose@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:30 PM, Bri dev@rlyehable.com wrote:
I had this problem also. I installed the extention "ConfirmEdit", and also set up the email confirmed permission group (see configuration in the article below). I still get spam account signups (but a lot less of them), but they cannot edit pages.
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit
-Bri
On 2014-06-23 17:28, Winters Wiki wrote:
Hi,
I have a wiki at winterswiki.org. It was discovered by vandals who created 9500 new users and 10,000+ pages in a couple of days.
I disabled access and wiped all the users except known ones off the database, but when I enabled the wiki again new users started being created every minute or so. I disabled anon account creation, but I still have 10,000+ pages of spam intersperced with my real pages.
What is the best way to get rid of the pages I don't want in a bulk fashion?
What is the best way to avoid this and other problems..
Thanks
Dave
We've had almost no vandalism after requiring new accounts to authenticate with OpenID, https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OpenID
--Fred
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