[Mediawiki-l] Simple anti-spam check?

[Platonides]

Eric K wrote:
> Does anyone know how I can detect whether a user has inserted a website link in the revision of the text that was submitted? I know how to check their age.
> My idea for this extension it: If a new user submits a link, they'll be asked to instead use the talk page.

You can configure AbuseFilter for that, or use ConfirmEdit to force them 
solve a captcha when adding links.