[Foundation-l] Re: [Wikitech-l] Spammer trick - image uploads abused

Mon Aug 22 06:39:38 UTC 2005

> Angela wrote:
> > Turning off external linking, if such a
> > thing could be made possible, would be much more helpful than
> > disabling images.

Tim 'avatar' Bartel <wikipedia at computerkultur.org> wrote:

> I *strongly* advise against this.
> This is not, how the WWW works.
> 
> You have to rely on referers (very bad) or build really obstruct
> cookie-setups.

Couldn't it work in the same way the Spam Blacklist works and just not
allow saves where the wiki text contains http:// or similar. It
wouldn't have to affect links made with [[square brackets]], so
referrer checking wouldn't be needed. This would be a very easy way to
prevent spam without preventing editing.

Angela.