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,