hello,
is there a possibility to block ip ranges in MediaWiki?
at www.vdr-wiki.de we have increasing problems with robot spamer. it is a lot of work to block individual IPs, as the robot is changing permanently (but allways inbetween a certain range).
or can you recomend us other possibilities to stop that abuse?
thank you markus
Markus Klaus Schäffauer wrote:
hello,
is there a possibility to block ip ranges in MediaWiki?
Yes.
at www.vdr-wiki.de we have increasing problems with robot spamer. it is a lot of work to block individual IPs, as the robot is changing permanently (but allways inbetween a certain range).
or can you recomend us other possibilities to stop that abuse?
If on an older version of MediaWiki, you'll have to turn on the option in LocalSettings.php: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Configuration_settings_index#.24wgSysopR...
On how to use: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Range_blocks
-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)
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