Many thanks for this Sammy, that's really helpful. I'm pretty sure our IT contractor follows this list but I'll forward your email to her anyway. Cheers, Lucy
On Mon, 8 Aug 2022 at 10:57, Sammy Tarling <s...@theresnotime.co.uk> wrote: > 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_try_first, > 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_creation) > 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 > wikimediau...@wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediauk-l > WMUK: https://wikimedia.org.uk -- Lucy Crompton-Reid (she/her) Chief Executive
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