Is the below settings should they work at preventing spam? the most issue is sign ups and spamming after sign ups that they are experiencing. questy has made a big difference, except users are complaining that the questions are not localized into their language.
On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 11:00 AM, OQ <[email protected]> wrote: > The best solution I found was to require autoconfirmed accounts to have > multiple posts before being promoted, and requiring email confirmation in > conjunction with a captcha. Spammers will spend money to solve the captcha > to create accounts but when they have to solve ten more before > autoconfirmed, they never waste the time. > On Sep 20, 2013 3:49 AM, "Jonathan Aquilina" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > The Document Foundation has the same issue with spam, what seems to > really > > mitigate the problem is the questy captcha the problem is that of > > localization. i know the creator had started something of the sort and I > am > > hoping to find time to help him out. > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 3:44 AM, Ivan Sanders <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I thought I had this sorted, but I clearly dont. I have new users being > > > created and content uploaded. Email seems to be intermittent - > sometimes > > I > > > get notifications, other times I don't > > > > > > URL is at > > > http://www.actscoutaction.org.au/wiki/index.php/Special:RecentChanges > > > > > > > > > Here's some detail > > > > > > LocalSettings.php: > > > > > > # Disable anonymous editing > > > // Implicit group for all anonymous > > > $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createaccount'] = false; > > > $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['read'] = true; > > > $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['edit'] = false; > > > $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createpage'] = false; > > > $wgGroupPermissions['*' ]['createtalk'] = false; > > > > > > $wgUsersNotifiedOnAllChanges = array( 'WikiSysop', 'IvanSanders' ); > > > > > > Versions are: > > > > > > MediaWiki 1.21.2 PHP 5.3.26 (litespeed) MySQL 5.5.32-31.0 > > > > > > > > > Any help appreciated > > > > > > > > > Cheers > > > > > > Ivan > > > _______________________________________________ > > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Jonathan Aquilina > > _______________________________________________ > > MediaWiki-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > > > _______________________________________________ > MediaWiki-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l > -- Jonathan Aquilina _______________________________________________ MediaWiki-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/mediawiki-l
