Hi,
I thought I had this sorted, but I clearly dont. I have new users being created and content uploaded. Email seems to be intermittent - sometimes I get notifications, other times I don't
URL is at http://www.actscoutaction.org.au/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
Here's some detail
LocalSettings.php:
# Disable anonymous editing // Implicit group for all anonymous $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = false;
$wgUsersNotifiedOnAllChanges = array( 'WikiSysop', 'IvanSanders' );
Versions are:
MediaWiki 1.21.2 PHP 5.3.26 (litespeed) MySQL 5.5.32-31.0
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Ivan
That shouldn't be happening with those permission (from what I can see on a very quick first look). Were you seeing this before you installed the UserAdmin extension?
If you are able to get a trace of how these users are being created, please ping me off list. I'd like to make sure that's not a hole that could be used on other wikis.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 6:44 PM, Ivan Sanders ivansanders@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I thought I had this sorted, but I clearly dont. I have new users being created and content uploaded. Email seems to be intermittent - sometimes I get notifications, other times I don't
URL is at http://www.actscoutaction.org.au/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
Here's some detail
LocalSettings.php:
# Disable anonymous editing // Implicit group for all anonymous $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = false;
$wgUsersNotifiedOnAllChanges = array( 'WikiSysop', 'IvanSanders' );
Versions are:
MediaWiki 1.21.2 PHP 5.3.26 (litespeed) MySQL 5.5.32-31.0
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Ivan _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
The Document Foundation has the same issue with spam, what seems to really mitigate the problem is the questy captcha the problem is that of localization. i know the creator had started something of the sort and I am hoping to find time to help him out.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Ivan Sanders ivansanders@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I thought I had this sorted, but I clearly dont. I have new users being created and content uploaded. Email seems to be intermittent - sometimes I get notifications, other times I don't
URL is at http://www.actscoutaction.org.au/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
Here's some detail
LocalSettings.php:
# Disable anonymous editing // Implicit group for all anonymous $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = false;
$wgUsersNotifiedOnAllChanges = array( 'WikiSysop', 'IvanSanders' );
Versions are:
MediaWiki 1.21.2 PHP 5.3.26 (litespeed) MySQL 5.5.32-31.0
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Ivan _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
The best solution I found was to require autoconfirmed accounts to have multiple posts before being promoted, and requiring email confirmation in conjunction with a captcha. Spammers will spend money to solve the captcha to create accounts but when they have to solve ten more before autoconfirmed, they never waste the time. On Sep 20, 2013 3:49 AM, "Jonathan Aquilina" eagles051387@gmail.com wrote:
The Document Foundation has the same issue with spam, what seems to really mitigate the problem is the questy captcha the problem is that of localization. i know the creator had started something of the sort and I am hoping to find time to help him out.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Ivan Sanders ivansanders@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I thought I had this sorted, but I clearly dont. I have new users being created and content uploaded. Email seems to be intermittent - sometimes
I
get notifications, other times I don't
URL is at http://www.actscoutaction.org.au/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
Here's some detail
LocalSettings.php:
# Disable anonymous editing // Implicit group for all anonymous $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = false;
$wgUsersNotifiedOnAllChanges = array( 'WikiSysop', 'IvanSanders' );
Versions are:
MediaWiki 1.21.2 PHP 5.3.26 (litespeed) MySQL 5.5.32-31.0
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Ivan _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
-- Jonathan Aquilina _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
Is the below settings should they work at preventing spam? the most issue is sign ups and spamming after sign ups that they are experiencing. questy has made a big difference, except users are complaining that the questions are not localized into their language.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:00 AM, OQ overlordq@gmail.com wrote:
The best solution I found was to require autoconfirmed accounts to have multiple posts before being promoted, and requiring email confirmation in conjunction with a captcha. Spammers will spend money to solve the captcha to create accounts but when they have to solve ten more before autoconfirmed, they never waste the time. On Sep 20, 2013 3:49 AM, "Jonathan Aquilina" eagles051387@gmail.com wrote:
The Document Foundation has the same issue with spam, what seems to
really
mitigate the problem is the questy captcha the problem is that of localization. i know the creator had started something of the sort and I
am
hoping to find time to help him out.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Ivan Sanders ivansanders@gmail.com wrote:
Hi,
I thought I had this sorted, but I clearly dont. I have new users being created and content uploaded. Email seems to be intermittent -
sometimes
I
get notifications, other times I don't
URL is at http://www.actscoutaction.org.au/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
Here's some detail
LocalSettings.php:
# Disable anonymous editing // Implicit group for all anonymous $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = true; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false; $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = false;
$wgUsersNotifiedOnAllChanges = array( 'WikiSysop', 'IvanSanders' );
Versions are:
MediaWiki 1.21.2 PHP 5.3.26 (litespeed) MySQL 5.5.32-31.0
Any help appreciated
Cheers
Ivan _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
-- Jonathan Aquilina _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list MediaWiki-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Ivan Sanders ivansanders@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
I thought I had this sorted, but I clearly dont. I have new users being created and content uploaded. Email seems to be intermittent - sometimes I get notifications, other times I don't
URL is at http://www.actscoutaction.org.au/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
When did you set those settings? Since I don't see anything since the 19th (Yesterday) which seems a tad unusual for a spam bot.
I can't create a account via the UI, but I havn't checked the api but it should do the same checks.
My suggestion would be to disable E:UserAdmin and E:DeleteBatch and see if it still happens.
(Also seeing the Scouts Logo scared me a tad, Although we don't use MW up here in the sunny state)
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:44 AM, Ivan Sanders ivansanders@gmail.comwrote:
Hi,
I thought I had this sorted, but I clearly dont. I have new users being created and content uploaded. Email seems to be intermittent - sometimes I get notifications, other times I don't
URL is at http://www.actscoutaction.org.au/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChanges
Also, In other non-related discussion, You may wish to look at your $wglogo line in the config, As it looks like it might be wrong (randomly breaking for me on some pages)
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