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 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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=raw&sb_ver=1 > ", > " > > https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist&action=raw&sb_ver=1 > " > ); > > If it isn’t too much of a bother can you confirm that you wiki (in case > 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: [email protected] > 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 the > default Meta-Wiki one (I.e. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist > ). > > Following the examples here: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:SpamBlacklist#Examples > > in LocalSettings.php I included the following lines: > > $wgSpamBlacklistFiles = array( > "[[m:Spam blacklist]]", > "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MediaWiki:Spam-blacklist"; > ); > > But when I test this, by entering the links that are blacklisted in the > English Wikipedia blacklist, they don’t get blocked. To make sure I was > using the correct links, I tested them in the English Wikipedia sandbox > where they were successfully blocked. > > Additionally, according to the documentation, when “$wgSpamBlacklistFiles” > 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 what 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 that the > “$wgSpamBlacklistFiles” is having absolutely no effect whatsoever. > > No matter what I do, the Meta-Wiki blacklist continues to work, but none > 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
