On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 1:16 AM, Andrea Pescetti <pesce...@apache.org> wrote: > Thanks Clayton, you probably know the inner details of our Mediawiki > configuration better than most people here, so it is great that you are > going to coordinate with Jan to neutralize this attack.
Jan will be leading the defense. I'll be hanging around more in the background trying to explain why things are wonky with historical configuration :-) The Spam problem can definitely be delt with... just takes a bit of time to sort things out, do a few upgrades and a few configuration tweaks. Meanwhile anyone with current Wiki Admin rights is welcome to scan the "Recent changes" on the Wiki once in a while and: - Delete Spam pages (created 1 page every 2 minutes on average) - Block the spam accounts (I would suggest that you do not block IP address, a check box on the block page, because you risk blocking legit users on dynamic IPs) Clayton
