MediaWiki talk:Spam Blacklist

The spam blacklist extension is now working on all Wikicities. You can request new URLs be added to the filter by listing them here. See also Help:Spam.

more spam in the Fiction wikicity
213.228.84.58

same one at PeaceWiki 213.228.84.58
 * And D&D, for that matter. Mathx314(talk)(email) 23:57, 27 Apr 2005 (UTC)

here's another http://peace.wikicities.com/index.php?title=Special:Contributions&target=206.161.125.142

stargate
Blocked 81.214.103.203 on the Stargate Wikicity for spam of inappropriate url --CocoaZen 01:16, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * I checked a few other guilds and don't see more of the same. I cleaned up the Stargate: Wikicity.  (Stargate:Special:Recentchanges).  --CocoaZen 01:28, 18 May 2005 (UTC)
 * That IP vandalized the Calgary: Wiki too. --JamesTeterenko 02:34, 18 May 2005 (UTC)

81.214.101.220 spam
FYI, 81.214.101.220 spammed the Calgary: wiki as well as the pc: wiki. -- JamesTeterenko 23:58, 24 May 2005 (UTC)
 * Looking at a few random wikis, I also found it at Stargate:. Is there an easy way to check the changes at all wikicities?  -- JamesTeterenko 00:07, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * There's a combined recent changes at Bloglines, but it doesn't pick everything up and limits how many changes are actually shown. Angela (talk) 03:21, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * I used that, and that is how I picked up the ones that I did fix. Since you have to click on every Wikicity to see the result, I only looked at some of them.  -- JamesTeterenko 04:40, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * If you click on Wikicities's Feeds at the top of the left hand frame, you don't need to click on each one separately since it will expand and show you some results from each one. It takes a while to load though. Angela (talk) 05:17, 25 May 2005 (UTC)


 * That is good to know. I'll use that next time.  -- JamesTeterenko 15:10, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

When to Add to the Blacklist?
Should we add URLs after one instance of a spam attack, or wait for more? Also, I'm not sure how much of the URL is best? Advice please? As a specific example, should I add the two URLs just posted (and already removed) to the Central Wikicity's home page? I don't want to slow the loading of every saved page, but I'd rather not have to clean-up the same URLs again. --CocoaZen 17:50, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)


 * It depends what they are and whether they are definitely spam. Something like this is an obvious spam attack, but someone adding one innapropriate URL to a page is often not. If you're unsure, you can also add it temporarily. It might be worth checking Google for other wikis with the spam URL. If +wiki Google: SpamURL.com +wiki has hits, then it should be blacklisted. If an edit adds dozens of different URLs, adding just one of those to the blacklist will normally prevent future attacks since the edits are being made by bots who won't know to just remove the blacklisted URL from their edit. Angela (talk) 00:00, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)