Hi, we constantly remove the spam from all wikis. The fact there is no
check user is making it harder though.

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Erik Moeller <[email protected]> wrote:
> Unsurprisingly, we're seeing open wikis more and more frequently
> attacked by spambots:
>
> http://en.wikipedia.beta.wmflabs.org/wiki/Special:RecentChanges
>
> We need to come up with a consistent response strategy here. I see
> that wiki is already running the SpamBlacklist extension, although it
> may not be set up correctly. It may also be necessary to set up
> additional captchas or more restrictive measures.
>
> If necessary we'll have to shut down instances that are being taken
> over by spammers.
>
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> Erik Möller
> VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
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