https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54441

--- Comment #8 from Kunal Mehta (Legoktm) <[email protected]> ---
(In reply to comment #7)
> Could adding a programmatic way to check for blacklisted URLs lead to smarter
> spam? I think there's a concern that adding this functionality, in batch form
> or otherwise, would make a wiki more susceptible to abuse. Thoughts?

Anyone can currently download https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Spam_blacklist
and parse it locally which would be much faster than trying to use an API to
check if a link is blacklisted.

The only concern I would have is if a a file blacklist is being used, there's a
good chance it isn't public. Might be worth automatically disabling the API
module if any file blacklist is being used.

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