[Wikimediauk-l] Re: Spam on the wiki

Hello again all! The wiki <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Main_Page> (which has been upgraded and is running fairly well, thank you!) has been quite heavily targeted by spam <https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Special:RecentChanges> — it'd be really great to implement a couple of small changes to prevent this from continuing: - https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Combating_spam#Quickest_solutions_to_…, namely - Set up the StopForumSpam <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:StopForumSpam> and ConfirmEdit <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:ConfirmEdit> extensions - Set up the AbuseFilter extension <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:AbuseFilter> We might also want to temporarily disable new account creations ( https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Manual:Preventing_access#Restrict_account_cr…) while we implement these changes. As always, please feel free to reach out (I'm also on Slack) if there is anything I can do to help implement my suggested changes. Kind regards, *Sammy* *(She/Her)* User:TheresNoTime <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:TheresNoTime> *Wikimedia Steward* *A/CU/OS* *Unless otherwise stated, all statements from this account are made in a volunteer capacity, and may not reflect the views of the Wikimedia Foundation.* *This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email.* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia UK mailing list wikimediauk-l(a)wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk