Help:Wiki Spam: Difference between revisions

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* Click "Edit" tab at the top.
* Click "Edit" tab at the top.
* Add a summary, such as "revert spam" and click the 'Save' button.
* Add a summary, such as "revert spam" and click the 'Save' button.
== Current anti-spam measures ==
* IP filtering: users identified by IP adresses corresponding to known [[:Wikipedia:Open_proxy|open proxies]] are not allowed to make edits
* Spam text filtering: edits containing typical spam words (viagra etc.) or spam site links are rejected automatically
* Robot filtering: [http://recaptcha.net/ Recaptcha] is triggered for edits and account creation by non-identified users


== External links ==
== External links ==


* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_spam Wikimedia on Spam]
* [http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_spam Wikimedia on Spam]

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