Well, I guess I'll stick around and see if I'm doing it wrong :P *Mlpearc* Administrator Account Creations <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account>, English Wikipedia Wikipedia account <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mlpearc> On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Ahmad Farooq &lt;ahmadfarooq123(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

Usage of the title backlist is OK, but if you want to be more effective convert them to blocking abuse filter rules. Using the abuse filter you can get far more effective, also use checkuser and nail the underlying IP ranges. On Wed, Mar 16, 2016 at 8:13 PM, Dennis Roczek &lt;dennisroczek(a)libreoffice.org > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA256 > > We are fighting also again excessive spam attacks at the moment. Some > (not cleaned up) blacklist spam list can be found in our > wikihttps://wiki.documentfoundation.org/MediaWiki:Titleblacklist > > Improvements are welcomed. Is there any "task force" collectiong obvious > spam patterns? > > Regards, > > Dennis Roczek > > Am 09.03.2016 um 00:45 schrieb Mlpearc: > > Well, I guess I'll stick around and see if I'm doing it wrong :P > > > > *Mlpearc* > > Administrator > > Account Creations > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Request_an_account>, English > > Wikipedia > > Wikipedia account <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Mlpearc> > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 8, 2016 at 2:51 PM, Ahmad Farooq &lt;ahmadfarooq123(a)gmail.com > > > > > > >> I tried it like this before, and tried one more time but to no avail. > >> > >> wfLoadExtension( 'SpamBlacklist' ); > >> $wgSpamBlacklistFiles = array( > >> " > >> > >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spam_blacklist&action=ra > w&sb_ver=1 > >> ", > >> " > >> > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist&a > ction=raw&sb_ver=1 > >> " > >> ); > >> > >> If it isn’t too much of a bother can you confirm that you wiki (in ca > se > >> it’s different from English Wikipedia), can block the following link: > >> > >> “http://0101footworld.com” > >> > >> It is blacklisted in the English Wikipedia blacklist; it gets blocked > in > >> English Wikipedia sandbox but for some reason not on my Wiki. > >> > >> Is it possible that this might have something to do with Shell access > , > >> because my host server does not allow SSH? > >> > >> Thanks and Regards, > >> > >> > >> > >> From: Ahmad Farooq > >> Sent: 08 March 2016 09:57 PM > >> To: mediawiki-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org > >> Subject: Extension:SpamBlacklist > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> MediaWiki 1.26.2 > >> PHP 5.4.41 (apache2handler) > >> MySQL 5.6.27-76.0 > >> ICU 4.2.1 > >> Server OS Linux (32-Bit) > >> > >> I am having a lot of difficulty, setting up a blacklist aside from th > e > >> default Meta-Wiki one (I.e. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blac > klist > >> ). > >> > >> Following the examples here: > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist#Examples > >> > >> in LocalSettings.php I included the following lines: > >> > >> $wgSpamBlacklistFiles = array( > >> "[[m:Spam blacklist]]", > >> "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist" > >> ); > >> > >> But when I test this, by entering the links that are blacklisted in t > he > >> English Wikipedia blacklist, they don’t get blocked. To make sure I w > as > >> using the correct links, I tested them in the English Wikipedia sandb > ox > >> where they were successfully blocked. > >> > >> Additionally, according to the documentation, when “$wgSpamBlacklistF > iles” > >> is used, the blacklists are solely the ones defined in this array, so > I > >> deleted the link to the Meta-Wiki blacklist and tried inputting some > junk > >> link (I.e. "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/abc") in the array. From wh > at I > >> understand, no link should have blocked in such a scenario. But again > the > >> links defined in the Meta-Wiki blacklist were blocked. It appears tha > t the > >> “$wgSpamBlacklistFiles” is having absolutely no effect whatsoever. > >> > >> No matter what I do, the Meta-Wiki blacklist continues to work, but n > one > >> of the other blacklists I try to include, work. > >> I have even tried creating a similar blacklist page on my own Wiki to > no > >> avail. I also remembered to clear the cache before each try. > >> What am I missing? > >> > >> Thanks in advance. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> MediaWiki-l mailing list > >> To unsubscribe, go to: > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > To unsubscribe, go to: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > To unsubscribe, go to: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l >